The Taoiseach has expressed his confidence in Irish Water's Chief Executive.
Terryglass native John Tierney has been under intense scrutiny over the agency's 86 million euro spend on external consultants.
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The head of the Public Accounts Committee also wants to question the Tipperary man about his role in the stalled Poolbeg Incinerator project in Dublin – which has cost the taxpayer nearly 100 million euro.
But Taoiseach Enda Kenny says he has every confidence that Mr Tierney is up to the job.