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Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Bill 2013: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2013)

Fergus O'Dowd: The 1997 Act amended the previous Act.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Bill 2013: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2013)

Fergus O'Dowd: The decision for Government is to deal with the issue of affordability, water poverty and issues relating to that. The regulator will not take that decision but it might advise us of its view. The Department is in regular contact with the Department of Social Protection and the Department of Finance, and we have asked the Economic and Social Research Institute to examine this issue and give...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Bill 2013: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2013)

Fergus O'Dowd: This Bill is about water metering. All of the issues the Deputy has raised will be in the next Bill. There is no is question about that. The transparency of and accountability for the system and all of the issues will have to be clarified for Members of both Houses. I want to give the Deputy an absolute assurance. Clearly, if somebody has a significant medical issue and requires volumes...

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (1 Mar 2013)

Fergus O'Dowd: They get Fianna Fáil county councils.

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (1 Mar 2013)

Fergus O'Dowd: Fianna Fáil brought the troika into the country.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Provision (5 Mar 2013)

Fergus O'Dowd: I propose to take Questions Nos. 353 and 357 together. The Water Sector Reform Implementation Strategy, which is published on my Department’s website, is focused on ensuring that appropriate policy and legal frameworks are put in place for Irish Water and the water sector. A key objective of the Government in establishing Irish Water is to provide a mechanism to finance necessary...

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2013)

Fergus O'Dowd: I have looked at it and it is not that good.

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2013)

Fergus O'Dowd: I never saw such poverty anywhere as I saw in Cuba. Everybody was begging.

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2013)

Fergus O'Dowd: The Deputy was there on an official visit.

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2013)

Fergus O'Dowd: He was a guest of the state.

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2013)

Fergus O'Dowd: I was having a look at it from the outside.

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2013)

Fergus O'Dowd: Who paid for his fare?

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2013)

Fergus O'Dowd: Our eyes are open.

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2013)

Fergus O'Dowd: Not Cuba.

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Order for Report Stage (7 Mar 2013)

Fergus O'Dowd: I move: "That Report Stage be taken now".

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (7 Mar 2013)

Fergus O'Dowd: To 2017, at least.

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (7 Mar 2013)

Fergus O'Dowd: I thank the Members opposite for their input today. Notwithstanding the reasons the amendments are before us, we believe that amendment No. 3 is not appropriate. The purpose of section 24 is to provide the commission with the necessary powers to prepare for the performance of regulatory functions and to advise the Government on the development of policy regarding the regulation of water....

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (7 Mar 2013)

Fergus O'Dowd: I want to be very clear on this. If we were to say what it might cost, we could then make it more expensive for us to buy the products and that is part of the issue.

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (7 Mar 2013)

Fergus O'Dowd: There is no problem with poverty proofing, which is a critical issue.

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (7 Mar 2013)

Fergus O'Dowd: No, it is not a secret at all. It is not like the meeting in the Fianna Fáil curia - or whatever it is called.