Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

There is no question of Irish Water being privatised. The decision brought to the Cabinet by the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government required the Government to make a choice between Bord na Móna and Bord Gáis. At that stage of the process the Minister had narrowed it down to these two bodies. The only decision the Government took was to select Bord Gáis and decide that there would be no privatisation of water services. Contrary to what is stated in a great deal of material I have been reading, that is the only decision the Government made.

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