Terry Leyden (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I support the amendment, I think it is a reasonable amendment and should be accepted. Strangely enough, the Commission for Energy Regulation was very involved at the start of this legislation and all of a sudden it disappeared.

The Government said it was a matter for the Commission for Energy Regulation to set the costs and charges and said it had nothing to do with the Minister or the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government. Has the commission come back on the scene or is it gone?

I am surprised representatives of Irish Water are not in the House tonight. We are here. They are the people getting €100,000 and €150,000 as well as bonuses. They are all at home with their families. Perhaps they are watching it on television tonight and having a good laugh, because that is what is happening.