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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Eligibility (16 Dec 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 649. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 575 of 18 November 2014, if he will provide the detailed rationale for categorising a club (details supplied) in County Wicklow as one of the 11 organisations deemed invalid for the sports capital programme funding by virtue of being a private and/or commercial organisation; and if he will make a...

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: You are not-----

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: We are in the middle of a Committee Stage debate. You do not have the right to stop us debating this.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: We are in the middle of a Committee Stage debate-----

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: This is outrageous behaviour.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: This is not on the section.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: We have an independent expert which can study the figures, the CER. It already has an opinion paper on this. Let us come back next week with figures everyone can agree on, please.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Minister for the figures. Here is where I think we are. The Minister's figure is that €271 million would be raised in revenue. I appreciate that the figure he has been given for the number of eligible households for the grant is 1.3 million. It would appear from what he said, that every household gets it, the figure he has been given is wrong. According to the CSO, it...

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: That is probably a reasonable cost for the meters. The final figure the Minister gave - I appreciate him getting it - is that the additional cost of billing would be €22 million per year. The figure I have is that it would be a lot higher but I accept that is the figure the Minister has been given. Here is where we are, based on the figures we have tonight. Some €271...

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: I ask the Minister to repeat that.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: What is that?

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Minister for his answer. The answer he gave was that while he does not have the cost of billing, metering and customer service, he is confident that whatever that cost is, it is less than the revenue raised. However, I think the figure he is talking about when he talks about the revenue raised is the €271 million. I would agree that based on the estimates I have seen,...

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: The figure people are looking for is 1.66 million. This is the number of households, and includes people living in homes they own and people renting. The figure for 2011 from the CSO is 1.66 million, so the cost at €100 per household will be €166 million.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: Here is where the figures now stand. The total amount the Minister told the House would be raised is €271 million. This minus €166 million for the grant leaves €105 million.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: I am not making it up.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: My numbers may be wrong but I am certainly not making it up. The figures we have from the Minister are that every household will receive €100 and that there are 1.66 million households which leads to €166 million.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: To be clear, there are 1.66 million unique households.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: No, households, families living in households.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: The total amount of money raised is €271 million and this minus €100 per household, be they renting or owner occupiers, is €166 million. This leaves a net amount of €105 million. The estimate I was given is that the cost of collecting the €271 million, between metering and billing, is €120 million, so before we factor in the costs of administering...

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: It is clear at this stage that the Government does not know the net financial impact for the Exchequer of charging people for water and sending €100 cheques throughout the country. I am not trying to score political points here. This is a very important element of what the Government is proposing. On the basis that the Minister cannot tell the House the net financial impact of what...