Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 1:

To delete all words after “Dáil Éireann” and substitute the following:

“supports:

— the comprehensive deliberative process currently underway following the recent Confidence and Supply Arrangement for a Fine Gael-led Government which includes:

— the ongoing work of the Expert Commission on Domestic Public Water Services, including its recent public consultation, with a view to producing recommendations by the end of November 2016;

— future consideration of the recommendations of the Expert Commission on Domestic Public Water Services by a special Oireachtas Committee, which will endeavour to make its own recommendations by the end of February 2017; and

— a decision of the Oireachtas on the future funding model for the delivery of domestic water and wastewater services by Irish Water by the end of March 2017; and

— the establishment on a statutory basis of an expert advisory body, as provided for in the Confidence and Supply Arrangement for a Fine Gael-led Government, to improve public confidence in Irish Water by advising on measures to improve the transparency and accountability of the utility, and to give quarterly reports to an Oireachtas Committee on its performance in relation to its 2014-2021 business plan.”

I thank Deputy O'Reilly for not bringing Fine Gael into the Kama Sutra analogy.

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