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| Cllr. Ted Tynan (WP) |
Cork Workers
Party Councillor Ted Tynan has called on Irish Water to confirm or deny reports
that top local authority officials, including some from Cork, were wined and
dined in the company’s corporate box at Croke Park during last Saturday’s American
Football game (Aug 27th).
Cllr.
Tynan said he had been given sight of a photo in which at least one senior official from Cork was clearly recognisable and said the attendance of local government officials at
such an event was completely inappropriate.
He
said, “The presence of these very senior officials as guests of Irish Water represents a serious conflict of interest on the part of the officials concerned and a blatant waste of
taxpayers’ money by a company which has become a black hole into which vast
amounts of public money is disappearing”.
"Corporate boxes at Croke Park cost upwards of €160,000 or can be hired on a once-off basis. Already Irish Water has spent more than €85 million of public money on consultants and unknown sums on corporate entertainment. This cavalier attitude to scarce public funds shows Irish Water's contempt for the Irish people."
“This
junket must be deeply repugnant to the householders of this country who are
being told that they might be facing water bills of up to €900 a year for a
service they already pay for. I am
calling on both Irish Water and the officials concerned to come clean and
account for their actions and for the government to see sense and put an end to Irish Water and the water privatisation plans”, said Cllr. Tynan.
He commended the stand of thousands of householders around the country in resisting the installation of water meters and urged others to join that battle.
He commended the stand of thousands of householders around the country in resisting the installation of water meters and urged others to join that battle.
Cllr. Ted Tynan, Telephone (086) 1908281
