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

Alan Kelly: It is only for new connections.

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

Alan Kelly: It is quite clear that what they are talking about here is drainage policy rather than waste policy. It is to create sustainable drainage policies rather than have it all treated directly as wastewater. However, I will have a look at the section - I do not have it to hand. I have answered on numerous occasions this question on the figures to which Deputy Donnelly refers. The figures have...

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

Alan Kelly: Based on the calculations we have here now, it is approximately €529 million.

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

Alan Kelly: The cost. Deputy Donnelly asked specifically what is the cost to Government.

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

Alan Kelly: What is the question?

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

Alan Kelly: In fairness, I have not got all those calculations; I will get them for Deputy Donnelly. I can give the Deputy this assurance, that, in relation to the costs he outlined versus the revenue which has been outlined on numerous occasions, for instance, €271 million in domestic charges, the revenue is more. Over time that will obviously be the case, considering that the costs will...

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

Alan Kelly: I will not take an economics lecture from the Deputy.

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

Alan Kelly: Under section 5, eligible householders are to be provided with an annual water conservation grant, as we all know. It is to assist with water conservation, despite the Deputies' commentary. 8 o’clock The Government has decided the annual grant should be €100 per household. The estimated cost of this grant is €130 million. The section provides that to be eligible...

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

Alan Kelly: I cannot accept amendment No. 27. Any data transfer between Irish Water and the Minister for Social Protection must be carried out in accordance with the Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003, and Irish Water is required to manage all personal data in accordance with that legislation. This means ensuring that data are used only for the purpose for which they were collected and that any data...

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

Alan Kelly: I do not propose to accept the amendment. With any grant scheme, it is open to the relevant Oireachtas committee to keep it under review. I expect the Joint Committee on the Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht, under the chairmanship of Deputy Michael McCarthy and the participation of Deputy Cowen as a member, to do exactly that in respect of this particular scheme. I do not see the...

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

Alan Kelly: I move amendment No. 25:In page 7, to delete lines 10 to 13 and substitute the following:"(3) Where a dwelling is in receipt of one service in respect of water services provided by Irish Water, that is to say-- (a) the supply of water to the dwelling, or (b) the removal of waste water from it, then the maximum charge that Irish Water may charge for that service in respect of the dwelling...

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

Alan Kelly: Previous Governments have signed up under the river basins programme. We also have the agreement with the troika, as the Deputy is well aware.

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

Alan Kelly: A directive is a directive. It does not expire. It is there.

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

Alan Kelly: It does not expire. Our requirements under the directive are what they are. We have to meet those requirements.

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

Alan Kelly: We are not going to meet the requirements of that directive if we do not make the necessary capital investment.

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

Alan Kelly: Deputy Shortall's confusion is based around the river basin plans and the directive. We always have to comply with the directive, no matter what. The previous Government signed up to the river basin plans. As part of that process, it committed in 2010 to the introduction of a water charge regime.

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

Alan Kelly: It does answer the question.

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

Alan Kelly: It is not dodging the question.

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

Alan Kelly: If the Deputy wants to write to me on all of these questions I will give him everything back in writing. Most of it is available-----

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

Alan Kelly: I am happy to take a list of the questions and respond straightaway to the Deputy in writing.

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