Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

Water metering provides for water conservation. There is no point trying to find a big, bad wolf where none exists. The Government decision was taken on the basis of water remaining in public hands. That is the Government's position and the legislation to establish the water utility company will be framed in that way. A State company under Bord Gáis is being set up. Water is not going to be privatised. There is no question of that.

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