Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 1 February 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services

Public Water Forum

1:30 pm

Dr. Tom Collins:

That is an interesting option. We have gone for Dublin because of the transport links but I see an absolute value in moving out. We have a commitment to beginning to engage with the public, but we must do two things on that.

We need to find a theme about which the public will get animated and we would like to see the charges issue dealt with before we can move into the next one. We also need personnel to do it. As we speak, we are in the process of making two appointments. One is for an executive to give, in a sense, executive leadership to the forum. The other appointment is for an education and engagement specialist. We will be appointing somebody. We have agreement in principle from the Department for those two appointments.

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