Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

On amendment No. 8, in the name of Deputy Joan Collins, the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 gives permission to a number of public bodies to seek PPS numbers. Irish Water was added to the list of public bodies under legislation in 2014. Since Irish Water will no longer require PPS numbers is it not appropriate that facility be taken away? That is what the amendment proposes. For some strange reason there does not appear to be an order in this. This is the first Social Welfare Bill we have had after the legislation which extended the list of bodies to include Irish Water. Why can we not take the facility away?