Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 27 February 2013

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government

Water Services Bill 2013: Committee Stage

2:50 pm

Photo of Brian StanleyBrian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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I have heard two different answers to this question. The Taoiseach indicated in the Dáil last year, if I heard him correctly, that water would be turned off. Will water be turned off completely if a household cannot pay, rather than refuses to pay, regardless of the circumstances of that household? Will it have no supply? That is a key issue that is not just environmental. It is a health issue for the household and family.