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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Child Care Education Issues (12 Feb 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: 184. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the age limit cut-off for the early childhood care and education scheme forces children born after 1 July to wait another year; her plans to amend the eligible age range so that children born in July and August can access same (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7108/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Local Authority Functions (12 Feb 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: 207. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of all specific new powers or functions conferred by legislation on local authorities under his remit since June 2009 and a reference to the specific section or regulation in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7033/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Local Authority Functions (12 Feb 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: 233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a list of all specific new powers or functions conferred on local authorities by legislation under his area since June 2009 and a reference to the specific section or regulation in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7038/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Standards of Service in Water Supply: Irish Water and CER (11 Feb 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: A number of water meters have been installed. Have problems been fixed on the consumer side? I would like to receive an indication of the level of leakages on the consumer side and the savings made. In many areas where water meters have been installed, there is a temporary reinstatement followed by a full reinstatement. What is the cost of a full reinstatement and does it lie with Irish...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Standards of Service in Water Supply: Irish Water and CER (11 Feb 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: I also ask Bord Gáis to revert to the committee separately and provide me with the details of how these positions were backfilled and the salary rates. I will conclude with a brief question on something that happens a great deal in urban areas where there is a single feed to two or three houses which, therefore, cannot be metered. Another point is that in Dublin, Cork, Galway and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Standards of Service in Water Supply: Irish Water and CER (11 Feb 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: That is the model that is used elsewhere.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Standards of Service in Water Supply: Irish Water and CER (11 Feb 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: Does Mr. Tierney have any thoughts on the submission?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Standards of Service in Water Supply: Irish Water and CER (11 Feb 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: That will be in March. Will that submission be put online to allow members of the public to see it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Standards of Service in Water Supply: Irish Water and CER (11 Feb 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: On the water charge plan submission in June, at that stage there is an expectation that Irish Water will submit what it envisages would be the cost per 1,000 litres.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Standards of Service in Water Supply: Irish Water and CER (11 Feb 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: The earliest the consumer will get an idea of what their indicative charge will be per 1,000 litres will be when that submission is received in June.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Standards of Service in Water Supply: Irish Water and CER (11 Feb 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: How long will that consultation period take?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Standards of Service in Water Supply: Irish Water and CER (11 Feb 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: Realistically, it will be the end of July or the start of August before consumers will know what the price per litre will be for them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Standards of Service in Water Supply: Irish Water and CER (11 Feb 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: There has been a huge focus on cost per litre but I would imagine there is much more involved in the regulation of Irish Water than just cost. In terms of what happens across the Irish Sea, targets are set. Will Irish Water set targets for leakage, for example? We are doing a combined drain, and therefore targets are set for sewer flooding. In the wastewater treatment plants targets are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Standards of Service in Water Supply: Irish Water and CER (11 Feb 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: Mr. McGowan is looking at a settling-in period of about two years, following which he will then consider setting targets for leakage reduction, lead pipe replacement, sewer flooding, etc.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Standards of Service in Water Supply: Irish Water and CER (11 Feb 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: This question is for Mr. Tierney. I have asked parliamentary questions previously to seek some clarity on the bonus structure. I take his point of clarification about cases in which there is no increment payment to staff, etc. However, a reply to a parliamentary question indicated that the bonus structure operates somewhere between 3% and 14%. What is the structure of the bonus repayment?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Standards of Service in Water Supply: Irish Water and CER (11 Feb 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: The higher the salary the larger the bonus if the person reaches their targets.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Standards of Service in Water Supply: Irish Water and CER (11 Feb 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: Somebody on €100,000, therefore, could get a €14,000 bonus and somebody on €20,000 will get a fairly miserable bonus if they hit their targets.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Standards of Service in Water Supply: Irish Water and CER (11 Feb 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: I raised the issue of recruitment yesterday. A number of positions were advertised in Irish Water. Some Bord Gáis employees applied for those, got them and transferred into those positions, but at a higher salary than that at which the jobs were initially advertised. Did that happen, and if it did, how many people were involved?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Standards of Service in Water Supply: Irish Water and CER (11 Feb 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: What was the salary rate for those ten jobs that were advertised?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Standards of Service in Water Supply: Irish Water and CER (11 Feb 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: I believe they were advertised at approximately €50,000.