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Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2014)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy is going around the country telling people in every constituency that the charge for water will be €1,000.That is what he and his people are saying.

Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2014)

Enda Kenny: The charge will be €1,000. Sinn Féin is calling on people not to pay property charges or water charges and telling them it will look after them and we will have a great country.

Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2014)

Enda Kenny: I thank Deputy Adams. He does not live in the real world at all. People in Dundalk are as entitled to have legitimate concerns as people in Cork or anywhere else.

Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2014)

Enda Kenny: It is good to talk about them but it is also good to remember that 80% of the bills that will go out from Irish Water will be for €24 or less per month. The Government has set out a range of supports for people in different categories and we want them to reach every household in the country. Members' contributions to last week's budget debate pointed out that a number of households...

Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2014)

Enda Kenny: I refer again to the reasons for setting up Irish Water, which are to deal with the poor infrastructure, the poor quality drinking water in many cases and the poor quality of treatment works. It is important we fix all these for the next 50 years. That is why Irish Water was set up. We have to move to a situation whereby Irish Water, as part of the Ervia board, can deal with the...

Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2014)

Enda Kenny: Irish Water will not be privatised, as already provided for in legislation. I am prepared to stand by that. I do not accept the Deputy's assertion that the structure of Irish Water is wrong.

Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2014)

Enda Kenny: Coming from the south east, the Deputy knows of the inadequate and different standards applied by some local authorities. It is necessary to have in place a system throughout the country which ensures the highest standards in terms of the production, treatment and utilisation of water. To be honest with the Deputy, I do not believe Irish Water has done itself justice, including when its...

Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2014)

Enda Kenny: As Deputy Wallace is aware, this issue has been ongoing for many years. Clearly, those 20,000 people cannot be left in that situation. I do not accept the Deputy's statement that the structure is wrong. I believe the Government has done the right thing in setting up Irish Water as an entity that will not be privatised and can borrow off balance sheet for investment to improve the quality...

Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2014)

Enda Kenny: I do not know the answer to that question. I can tell the Deputy that there is an agreement in place between Irish Water and the Department of Social Protection in respect of PPS numbers. I will confirm at a later date the position in respect of the question raised by the Deputy. The Deputy makes the case for the establishment of Irish Water. There are 126 plants in respect of which...

Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2014)

Enda Kenny: -----but 100,000 homes are connected to lead service pipes.

Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2014)

Enda Kenny: Irish Water has set out a ten-year timeframe to eliminate those service pipes into houses that will service another 3,000 to 4,000 homes, but there is an estimated cost in that respect of between €200 million and €300 million.

Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2014)

Enda Kenny: Perhaps Irish Water has published this but it has not been transmitted down to people through the local radio systems so that they will know the timescales in terms of what is involved here in each area. For instance, it gives advice where people have a service pipe into their house which is comprised in part of lead. Irish Water proposes to install chemicals in the Limerick city plant...

Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2014)

Enda Kenny: -----and it is a case for Ervia and Irish Water to get out there and explain to people what is happening. It is a requirement of Government to set out standards and provide clarity so that people know the charge and the structure of what is involved. In that way, they can have confidence in signing up.

Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2014)

Enda Kenny: Thousands of people are registering every day for a situation which will improve water quality, improve water standards, improve infrastructure, and will bein situfor the next 50 years for the good of the people of the country.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (21 Oct 2014)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 10, inclusive, together. These questions all pertain to meetings that I have had since June with US political leaders. I have also been asked a number of questions about my recent attendance at the UN Secretary General's climate change summit in New York, which I will answer separately as soon as these questions are reached. I have been asked about...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (21 Oct 2014)

Enda Kenny: I met Governor Brown when he called here a couple of years ago and we had a discussion about the changes taking place in California and the economic difficulties he faced as Governor, not for his first time in office. He had to make some very difficult decisions about the economic position of his state, one of the strongest economies in the world. The Governor is very well versed in...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (21 Oct 2014)

Enda Kenny: I thank Deputy Martin for raising a number of important issues. I have referred to the circumstances in which Governor Brown made his comments. He is well aware of the situation that applies here in Ireland. I have been in the Apple plant in Cork on a number of occasions. It is a huge operation with a workforce of 4,000. It is at the leading edge of technological development globally....

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (21 Oct 2014)

Enda Kenny: In response to Deputy Boyd Barrett, I do not accept that the country is either being embarrassed or humiliated in respect of corporate tax or corporate investment here from foreign direct sources for the creation of employment. What did embarrass us was the mess into which we got a number of years ago, where potential foreign direct investment had neither clarity nor a horizon against which...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (21 Oct 2014)

Enda Kenny: -----as Deputy Martin is only too well aware.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (21 Oct 2014)

Enda Kenny: It was a different story when Deputy Martin was in the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment himself, when he buzzed around the world and had a deal of success.