Denis Landy (Labour) | Oireachtas source

While I accept that savings will be made, I emphasise that a great deal of money has been spent and wasted. During our discussions with Irish Water at the Joint Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht, a figure of €86 million was mentioned with regard to consultancies. As part of the tendering process, the company that tendered for what is now Irish Water, Bord Gáis, assured the Government that it had in-house expertise. When it got the contract, the consultants suddenly had to be taken on. That is wrong. There is no point in saying otherwise. It should not have happened. I also-----