Thomas Pringle (Donegal South West, Independent)

I welcome the Minister of State's indication that there is no intention to privatise Irish water when the new utility company is established. I say this as somebody who worked in water services until 25 February this year. Does the Minister of State have any intention of reversing the privatisation that has already taken place within water services? In Donegal there is Veolia Water, Severn Trent and Laing O'Rourke supplanting and displacing jobs within the public sector on contracts provided by the Department and Donegal County Council. Will the creeping privatisation that has already taken place within the service be halted?

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