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

Liam Twomey: So it has charges. It is the same system. I hope we will mange and that is exactly what we need to do.

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

Liam Twomey: My apologies a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I should finish because this section has been debated for more than four hours already. The majority of the people are losing confidence in the present water supply and water treatment system. Some 33 different systems do not work in the same way that we could not have 33 different ESB networks across the country. That would not work for supply...

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

Liam Twomey: Everybody in the Chamber knows there are problems in Dublin where there are approximately 4,000 km of water pipes across the city and yet less than 1% of them has been replaced in recent years. They are an issue and this is what we need to have sorted. I will hand over to the Minister as I am sure the Leas-Cheann Comhairle will lose his patience with me.

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

Liam Twomey: He is dead.

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

Liam Twomey: He could not abstain, although the Deputy could put himself on it.

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

Liam Twomey: I support the concept of a forum because it is important the public has a say in what is happening with this new utility. Deputy Boyd Barrett is wrong in the sense that ESB Networks is a national organisation that responds very quickly at local level. This is a similar concept, so it is nothing new or different. The way Deputy Boyd Barrett spoke about the issue, one would think there was...

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

Liam Twomey: There is a household charge for water in Northern Ireland.

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

Liam Twomey: There is a charge.

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

Liam Twomey: We can look at how Northern Ireland Water operates and how it deals with its public consultation process. Water meters are being installed in Northern Ireland for conservation. There is no reason that Sinn Féin should deny that. It has admitted itself that there is legislation there to do that. It might be useful to make comparisons with what is happening in Northern Ireland and...

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

Liam Twomey: I feel that Sinn Féin is a unique position in this House in the sense that it has responsibility for Northern Ireland Water, which is very similar to the structures being set up here. I agree with Deputy Stanley that there have been huge issues with Northern Ireland Water. The Deputy is right. Only a few short years ago, tens of thousands of people had no water for days, so there will...

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2014)

Liam Twomey: Most European countries have a public system of water supply which is operated on a commercial basis by public authorities or enterprise and which impose a charge on households. The fact that Deputy Paul Murphy had to go all the way to Detroit to get an example to back up his argument substantiates the Government's claim that Irish Water will work. It is not for privatisation. We are...

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2014)

Liam Twomey: The only places one can find publicly regulated but privately owned and operated water services are England and Wales. Even Northern Ireland does not have it. The Deputy's arguments are wrong. According to the Northern Ireland Water website, of which Deputy Stanley would be aware, a scheme of charges for 2014-2015 includes domestic water supply. Nobody is saying Sinn Féin is going to...

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2014)

Liam Twomey: The Opposition is using silly arguments. This is a very effective means of managing a utility which works across Europe. Next time Deputy Paul Murphy is having a protest outside and needs to get somebody up on the bandstand with him, maybe he might try and find someone closer to home to back up his arguments.

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An Ceart chun Féinriarachta Pearsanta agus Sláine Colainne) 2014: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to Personal Autonomy and Bodily Integrity) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Dec 2014)

Liam Twomey: There is no denying the prevalence of terminations in Irish society today. Many hundreds of thousands of women in the country have travelled to the United Kingdom and elsewhere to have a termination carried out. There is also no denying that there is still a lot of fear and secrecy around travelling for and returning from a termination. I would not be even slightly dismissive or blase...

Written Answers — Department of Health: EU Regulations (16 Dec 2014)

Liam Twomey: 438. To ask the Minister for Health the way the funding received from the National Health Service is accounted for; and the way the Health Service Executive or his Department bills the NHS for looking after NHS patients here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47905/14]

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Dec 2014)

Liam Twomey: I do not know why there is such concern over PPS numbers being given to Irish Water.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Dec 2014)

Liam Twomey: Every sole trader in the country who receives a payment from a State organisation, be it the Garda Síochána or another organisation, must supply a PPS number to receive payment. Around five years ago I was requested to give my PPS number and the PPS number of each member of my family to the VHI and I do not recall anyone in this House ever raising concerns over this practice by the...

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Dec 2014)

Liam Twomey: There must be some way of tracking customers and I ask the Minister to comment on this.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Dec 2014)

Liam Twomey: I thank the Acting Chairman.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Dec 2014)

Liam Twomey: It is Northern Ireland, not the Soviet Union. I am somewhat confused-----