Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour) | Oireachtas source

This principle was enshrined in the Water Services Act 2007 and reaffirmed in the Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013. The 2013 Act prohibits the shareholders of Irish Water - namely, the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, the Minister for Finance and the board of Irish Water - from disposing of their shares.

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