Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Deputy Adams referred to trepidation and the fear of families. It is important to note that Irish Water has issued a statement clearly stating that irrespective of whether a person has a water meter the first leak between the meter on the road and the gable on the house will be fixed by it free of charge. I do not know where Deputy Adams has been living in the sense that if there is a water leak inside one's house it is the local plumber rather than Irish Water that one should call. If there is a leak between the meter and the wall of the house, one should also call the plumber. Irish Water will fix the first leak on the private property of the house owner. Thereafter, it is the local plumber that one calls.

I want to put Deputy Adams's mind at ease. The Deputy and members of his party, even though they might have been in far away fields, have been putting out headlines around the country that people will be paying €1,500, €2,000 or €2,500 for their water. That is the kind of fear they are spreading among the population.

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