Results 61-80 of 784 for speaker:Pádraig Ó Céidigh

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: I thank Senator Ruane for that very focused question. I invite Deputy Daly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: Would it be helpful to the committee if we were to request the Department for that information from 2010 and make it available to members?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: We will do that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: I will give Mr. McNicholas less than a minute.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: I am sorry but I have to move on if that is okay. I will call Deputy Farrell and then Deputy Pringle.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: The Deputy must confine his questions to the cost of the service. We will focus on metering at a separate meeting. Also, I can allow only one final question from the Deputy as we need to move on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: I will move on. Deputy Thomas Pringle has been waiting for a while.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: The commissioner would like to come in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: I need to proceed because I want to give other people a chance to contribute. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan has been waiting quite a while.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: So you are not to ask it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: If it is agreeable to the Deputy, we can request that information and discuss it at the appropriate meeting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: The witnesses might feed that information back to us.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: All we can do is get the evidence-based data and make decisions based on the information that can be reasonably made available to us. Is that fair enough from Deputy O'Sullivan's perspective?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: Absolutely.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: I am keen to move on. I call Ms Rooney, and other speakers are offering also.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: I call Mr. Marley for a final word on this area.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: I need to move on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: We will not go there.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: I accept that but other members must be allowed an opportunity to contribute.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: Our brief is to deal solely with domestic charging.