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

Paudie Coffey: The allocation is €130 million.

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

Paudie Coffey: The Deputy wants it to be a farce.

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

Paudie Coffey: Who is using expletives now?

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

Paudie Coffey: It has nothing to do with the expenditure of Irish Water. That is a fact.

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

Paudie Coffey: They will have to register with Irish Water.

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

Paudie Coffey: It has nothing to do with Irish Water expenditure.

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

Paudie Coffey: The Deputy has only just come in the door.

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

Paudie Coffey: The Deputy is pretty good at it himself.

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

Paudie Coffey: It is an allocation.

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

Paudie Coffey: Yes.

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

Paudie Coffey: It is administered like every other grant.

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

Paudie Coffey: It is the same as the Department of Social Protection. It is the same as the Christmas bonus.

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

Paudie Coffey: The Department of Social Protection does.

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

Paudie Coffey: The Opposition is quite cleverly trying to be obstructive by-----

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

Paudie Coffey: It is being very obstructive by trying to stitch the allocation of a conservation grant that will allow people across the country, in rural and urban areas, a €100 payment to assist them in conserving water in their households. That is not an Irish Water expenditure, it is an allocation-----

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

Paudie Coffey: It is an estimated allocation from the Government to assist people in conserving water. It has nothing to do with Irish Water expenditure.

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

Paudie Coffey: It is a conservation grant allocated to households to assist them in conserving water.

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

Paudie Coffey: It is not an Irish Water expenditure. The Opposition is cleverly trying to obstruct the debate. That is its form of protest on the floor of the Dáil-----

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

Paudie Coffey: -----by trying to stitch it into Irish Water expenditure. That is what it is doing. There is nothing to stop the Government evaluating the number of registrations for this grant and if there are more registrations the grant will be paid to those people.

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

Paudie Coffey: The allocation that has been made in the Estimate is €130 million. If that needs to be upped it will be upped. It is as simple as that.