Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 11 February 2014
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht
Standards of Service in Water Supply: Irish Water and CER
3:40 pm
Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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I hope they will not be terminated and I am not suggesting they should be. I am concerned, however, that local authorities are being reduced to the role of subcontractors or "subbies". Contracts can be terminated and if that happens, other agencies will have to be brought in. Does this mean that private contractors could be brought on board? If, for example, Kildare County Council did not do the business, would Irish Water bring in a private contractor in its place?