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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Affecting the Quality of Water: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)
Noel Rock: Would they be lumped into the vulnerable customer category?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Affecting the Quality of Water: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)
Noel Rock: The Deputy says his blood is boiling about this and some people listening to the sequence of events will find themselves needing a boil water notice of their own. There is a great deal of anger out there and my phone is lighting up on the subject.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Affecting the Quality of Water: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)
Noel Rock: I call Deputy Fitzmaurice. The Deputy is welcome.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Affecting the Quality of Water: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)
Noel Rock: The Deputy is one minute over time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Affecting the Quality of Water: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)
Noel Rock: We will start at the top.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Affecting the Quality of Water: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)
Noel Rock: I alert Deputies to the fact that a vote has been called. We can continue, but there is only one Senator present. Realistically, we will probably have to suspend the sitting.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Affecting the Quality of Water: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)
Noel Rock: I want to alert the members to the fact that myself and Deputy Ó Broin will pair for the upcoming vote. Accordingly, we will be able to continue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Affecting the Quality of Water: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)
Noel Rock: We will still be here in any event.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Affecting the Quality of Water: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)
Noel Rock: If everyone is happy with that, let us do it. We will go to Deputy Ó Broin and then we will come to Senator Murnane O'Connor.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Affecting the Quality of Water: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)
Noel Rock: We will come to you first on that question, Mr. Gleeson.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Affecting the Quality of Water: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)
Noel Rock: Does Mr. O'Leary wish to come in on the point about bottled water?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Affecting the Quality of Water: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)
Noel Rock: I understand that it is effectively self-selecting vulnerable customers. One of my constituents contacted Irish Water last night about the text message of dates and they were asked if they would like to be put on the vulnerable customers list. As far as I can understand from that sequence of events, if a person wants to be declared a vulnerable customer, he or she is therefore a vulnerable...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Affecting the Quality of Water: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)
Noel Rock: Ultimately, in the round, anyone who wants to be declared a vulnerable customer and wants the offer of bottled water can avail of same. Am I incorrect in that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Affecting the Quality of Water: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)
Noel Rock: Sure, but we just want to get clarity on the issue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Affecting the Quality of Water: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)
Noel Rock: Of course. That is understandable.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Affecting the Quality of Water: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)
Noel Rock: The Senator is already over her two minutes. There are just nine minutes remaining for the entire hearing, including the answers to the Senator's queries.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Affecting the Quality of Water: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)
Noel Rock: I am sorry that the Senator was not here for the entire session. I must abide by the rules. We only have nine minutes left in the room.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Affecting the Quality of Water: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)
Noel Rock: This contribution is turning into a supplementary speech. I am sorry but we are-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Affecting the Quality of Water: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)
Noel Rock: I thank Mr. O'Leary. Given that we have just five minutes left I suggest a written response to Deputy Ó Broin's questions. The Deputy is not back in the room and it would be most appropriate to deal with them sequentially because I would not be aware of exactly the questions he asked. Can we get a written response from each-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Affecting the Quality of Water: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)
Noel Rock: Yes. If we could get written responses from each relevant body please. I will conclude with a question for Ms Farrelly. What prompted the off-site engineer to log in and look? Is the witness aware if the engineer was prompted by a person or an incident, or was it luck?