Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I ask the Tánaiste about the water services Bill promised for this year. I understand there is a provision in that Bill to give the Energy Regulator the power to set the charges for water. The Government has agreed that water charges will bring in €500 million by 2015 in its programme with the troika. We have 1.3 million households and that works out at a flat charge of €385 per household.

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