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- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Alan Kelly: I have just outlined them.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Alan Kelly: I have given the numbers.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Alan Kelly: Regarding Deputy Mattie McGrath, I am not aware of it but if I did say something, I withdraw it and apologise. Is that okay? It was not my intention.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Alan Kelly: The Deputy asked whether I had made a statement. If I did say something involuntarily, I will withdraw it and apologise.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Alan Kelly: I have given the figures. The Deputies have looked for answers and I have given them. The fact is, the Deputies do not want them. They do not like the answers.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Alan Kelly: Wait a second. Despite all of the Deputies' commentary, at least give me a chance to reply. This is a demand-led scheme. Of course we have census figures. Who is going to stand in the Dáil and say that census figures are wrong? However, it is a demand-led scheme. The estimate is 1.3 million households. Let me make two points in that regard. If more people register, of course we...
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Alan Kelly: The €100. May I also point out that this is not a cost or a benefit to Irish Water.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Alan Kelly: Deputies can do the equations whatever way they want, but it is not a cost to Irish Water. It is a Government initiative for a water conservation grant.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Alan Kelly: Consider all of the people who are getting this grant.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Alan Kelly: Consider all of the people in Tipperary, Galway and Kerry-----
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Alan Kelly: -----who have been paying for water for decades-----
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Alan Kelly: -----in many cases thousands and thousands of euro.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Alan Kelly: They have been servicing their wells, members of group water schemes and working hard in that regard.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Alan Kelly: Do they not deserve to get grants so as to ensure that they can do this appropriately, manage their schemes or wells and service their costs the same as everyone else? They have been paying for water for decades.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Alan Kelly: I do not see anyone going down to protest the fact that they have had to pay for water.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Alan Kelly: This is not unique. Water is such a valuable resource that the grant going to people like that is well deserved. In fact, judging by my travels, it has been welcomed in rural Ireland. There is €130 million for a demand-led scheme. If demand increases, so be it. That will indicate success in many ways. I outlined to the House the figures that were requested. I indicated that the...
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Alan Kelly: No.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Alan Kelly: I have given the figures.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Alan Kelly: It is 1.3 million, not 1.35 million.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Alan Kelly: I have given the figures four times.