Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate the Minister's responses and this will be my final contribution. The figure of €271 million has a cost of €130 million, although that has been questioned. Maybe it is €130 million or maybe it is €190 million. The Minister does not have a figure for the cost of billing. The figure I have that is used abroad is that the low end in Ireland would come in at about €120 million. Can I suggest that on the basis that we do not actually know whether charging people for domestic water is going to end up costing us money, we should suspend Committee Stage and ask for clarification so that when the House is asked to vote on charging people for domestic water, we know whether that is a net benefit or a net cost to the Exchequer?

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