Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I was very clear when we brought it in, with the approval of all three Government parties and the support of Cabinet, that this would be a time-bound measure and that it would not continue for ever. The scaling down of the waiver is basically to send a very clear signal that at the end of this year, the development levy waiver ends completely and to show that the phasing of that is ending the Uisce Éireann-----