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- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Alan Kelly: I move amendment No. 22:In page 5, line 41, after “child” to insert “water”.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Alan Kelly: I move amendment No. 24:In page 6, line 25, to delete “initial”.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Alan Kelly: It feels like it was yesterday that I last saw the Ceann Comhairle. I thank everyone for their contributions over the past four hours or so. This section relates to water charges for dwellings, although much of the discussion was outside that issue. Section 3 provides for amendments to the approved water charges planned and they relate to water charges applying to domestic customers of...
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Alan Kelly: Yes. In regard to the capital side of things, the figure of €200 million or €300 million extra for capital has been quoted. I do not know which way one wants to analyse it over the coming years as we reach €600 million. That analysis does not show where we will get those millions of euro and it does not take into consideration the economies of savings that have been...
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Alan Kelly: There are many more Arklows.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Alan Kelly: No. The cost of financing, reading meters, etc. is under €50 million.
- 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.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Alan Kelly: The costs are all in the €899 million allowed. I have to disagree respectfully with the Deputy, it is not just for next year or the year after but to have the capacity to generate the revenue and from a capital point of view to invest at levels we have never seen before. In respect of Arklow, there is a plan in place for the next few years. There is no funding mechanism in place...
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Alan Kelly: It is all available on the CER website.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Alan Kelly: I am happy to provide the figures if the Deputy wants to write to me with his specific requests.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Alan Kelly: I have made that offer three times.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Alan Kelly: I have said on three or four occasions all the costs are available on the CER website. If the Deputy has a specific question on their break-down he should please put it to me and I will provide him with an answer.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Alan Kelly: If the Deputy puts them in writing I will provide him with the answer.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Alan Kelly: I will repeat what I said previously and then provide some more information. We do not have an exemption. There is no specific exemption for Ireland in that respect.
- 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.