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Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: In case Senator Cullinane is worried about what would happen five years afterwards, there will be no re-inspection charge. There will be no €300 annual inspection charge like the one some were going around speaking about when this Bill was first mooted in June. I am sure the misinformation and fear generated about something that was not going to happen is what motivated many to write to...

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: On this Bill, what promise did I break?

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: I will do that.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: Some of what I am saying does not suit Senator Ó Domhnaill and I have clarified a great deal, but the Cavan solution that he has put down here as an amendment-----

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: Is it not the truth? Did Senator Ó Domhnaill not put down an amendment to have this legislation implemented on the Cavan model?

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: I read the amendment.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: It is never easy to get money out of Cavan, but €200 every seven years is a bit far.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: In fact, I had to oppose that amendment because it was too onerous on people.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: I must reiterate these matters because, obviously, they are not sinking in. I oppose the amendment that was put to this House to deal with registration matters on the basis of the Cavan model. The House, unfortunately, when put to the test-----

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: -----of €200-----

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: To clarify other issues, there are people who expected an annual inspection charge of €300 propagated by the Fianna Fáil Party, the IFA and others,-----

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: -----but they are disappointed.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: Senator Ó Domhnaill is taking instructions from Deputy Ó Cuív.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: I am not inviting it. Senator Ó Murchú and others expressed another view on the urban-rural issue. Some €500 million has been spent in the past ten years under the rural water programme, which was a serious investment to improve water quality, particularly through group schemes. It should be acknowledged the State is still subsidising these schemes in rural areas and people are...

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: I did not interrupt Senator Cullinane.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: If Senator Cullinane looks at what I am doing in the case of a wastewater treatment plant in Ballyhale, which is near where he lives, he will see that I am making major investments in improving the situation.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: I am sure Senator Cullinane got the letter in the door. The clarity I am giving here this evening should ease minds on the fact that we are bringing forward a risk-based assessment. We are bringing forward a fee on a once-off basis to cover administration costs and inspection costs - no more, no less. Unbelievably, I probably did not even acknowledge it sufficiently to Senator Mooney...

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: The Senator said he has a problem with taking a leap of faith, and then he said-----

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: I will not be the Taoiseach, so there is no need to worry.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: The Senator is certainly making-----