James Bannon (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)

As an Irish water authority to manage the water distribution network is to be established in the Republic of Ireland similar to the body that has been in place in Northern Ireland since 2004, when will legislation be introduced to update the law on trustees of the old group water schemes? As the Tánaiste may be aware, a number of trustees are deceased and accounts established by those people have become dormant accounts. This is money that belongs to the members of group water schemes. It is important to have legislation on this prior to the establishment of the Irish water authority.

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