Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 5 February 2015
Public Accounts Committee
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 6 - Land Aggregation Scheme
Chapter 7 - Matters Arising from Audit of Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government in Relation to Water Services
10:00 am
Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
I am not interested in Irish Water. I am interested in the Department, the local authorities and the water services before they were transferred. What were the liabilities? We talk about building motorways and we know there is an annual fee for that. We also know there is a 25-year contract and a figure for the total value of the contract over its duration. It runs to about €4 billion for roads and school building projects. I am seeking that figure concerning water services. I want to know the value of the liability, not the annual operating costs, which Ms Graham has given as €124 million. I want to know the value of the total liability in those PPP contracts that local authorities were liable for before they were transferred to Irish Water.
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