Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

It does not, Bord Gáis owns them. The Minister should check company law. One does not own the assets of a company just because one owns a share in it. That is a fact. I again plead with the Minister to remove Bord Gáis from its list of companies to be part privatised by way of the sale of assets given it is the company to which the Government is giving the water metering and billing service in regard to the provision of water. The two services should not be combined in one company.

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