Séamus Healy (Tipperary, Workers and Unemployed Action Group)
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I welcome the emphasis on community engagement by the Public Water Forum. There has been no community engagement from Irish Water. They have no local offices or staff, there are no local contacts of any kind.

People who have paid their water charges should be refunded. Many of them paid out of fear. What will be the cost of pursuing those who have not paid?

This committee has been told several times, most recently by Scottish Water, that in their experience there is little or no wilful waste of water. Does the Public Water Forum agree with that statement? If it is true, then how can it be cost-effective to put a billing regime into place for the collection of an excessive usage charge when there is no excessive usage?