John Gilroy (Labour) | Oireachtas source

I was asked would I support the Bill and I said I would. I received 518 comments, some of which were not wholly positive from 126 irate people. That is a substantial number of people who feel annoyed enough about Irish Water to tweet about it.

Senator Mooney said he received 4,000 e-mails lobbying him but I only received 1,000. Obviously the Opposition is more popular than the Government and can do more with legislation. I conducted another experiment and I replied to 100 of them seeking further information but I received no replies. The e-mails received by Senator Mooney and I were computer generated, although I might be wrong.