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Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Uisce Éireann (6 Nov 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: I know from a local authority perspective that, if people suspected a leak had happened, the resident would put down a small amount of money and the council would come out and investigate it. If it was on one side of the wall, the local authority would pay for the leak and if it was on the other side, the resident would pay. That system is now much more complex where people report leaks and...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Uisce Éireann (6 Nov 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: I am not in any way advocating for the return of domestic meter charging, and I want to be very clear on that, but people get really angry when they see persistent leaks in gardens that seep out onto the road. Often, there can be testing and Uisce Éireann says it is not fresh water, but pluvial and so on. Are there any other measures Uisce Éireann can take to try to prevent that...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Uisce Éireann (6 Nov 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: Instead of going down the charging route, which I would disagree with, Uisce Éireann would be given additional powers to go onto the property.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Uisce Éireann (6 Nov 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: On a similar theme, I know a number of, let us say, sporting clubs or charities that might have issues with their water. They are paying a commercial charge. The lower cost of paying a higher water charge is less or is more manageable than the huge capital cost of carrying out a capital project to repair issues. Particularly for not-for-profits, does Uisce Éireann have measures in...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Uisce Éireann (6 Nov 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: Often, not-for-profits are operating year-by-year. They do not have large capital reserves.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Uisce Éireann (6 Nov 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: Sometimes, it can be a minor leak.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Uisce Éireann (6 Nov 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: The witnesses spoke about local authority staff transferring over. Actually, I will ask two questions and see how much the witnesses get to answer. On transfers over, Uisce Éireann has taken the income away from the local authorities in terms of commercial charges - Uisce Éireann now receives it rather than them. Uisce Éireann might take the staff member over but it leaves...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Uisce Éireann (6 Nov 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: Uisce Éireann leaves the liability with the local authority.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Uisce Éireann (6 Nov 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: But from the local authority finance perspective, local authority pensions are paid from current pay. Uisce Éireann has removed the income from the local authority and is not compensating the latter for that, and the authority is also left with the pension responsibilities.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Uisce Éireann (6 Nov 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: The local authorities’ capacity to pay the pension is dependent on their current income.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Uisce Éireann (6 Nov 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: I am taking about local authority financing rather than the pension arrangements. Local authorities have lost their income stream but they retain the outgoings.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Uisce Éireann (6 Nov 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: It it not resolved.

Decriminalisation of People Who Use Drugs: Motion [Private Members] (5 Nov 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: I welcome the debate on this issue as I have on many other occasions and acknowledge Deputy Sherlock for bringing the motion forward. I also acknowledge how appreciative I am of participating in the debate. I remind my Opposition colleagues that they fought tooth and nail to exclude Government backbenchers from participating in Private Members' Bills being brought forward by the Opposition...

Decriminalisation of People Who Use Drugs: Motion [Private Members] (5 Nov 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: That is the policy we tried in 1977. I urge us to continue to work on this issue because there is a lot of cross-party work on it. I acknowledge former Deputy, Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, who worked on it as well.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bus Services (4 Nov 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank the Minister of State. I am reassured that the NTA has said it will monitor frequency because anybody who has seen any of the bus stops or any of the buses being used will see that an increase in frequency is required. I am certain it is going to have to respond because of the level of demand. The difficulty is how long will it take the NTA to take that action. I know...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bus Services (4 Nov 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: It is with huge regret that I raise the issue of the organisation of bus routes in my area here in the Dáil Chamber with the Minister of State. It is something that, between the NTA and the operators of those buses, should not come to the floor of the Dáil. We know BusConnects has been controversial in many places where it has rolled out. It has proven so in the latest phase,...

Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (4 Nov 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: I welcome the Bill before the House. While it includes technical measures to increase the actual borrowing limit for the ESB and to provide for additional share capital to be issued, in essence it is about making an additional investment in our electricity supply. This is incredibly important in an Ireland that is growing and will have additional demands in the future. Even in today's...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: Withdraw that.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: Withdraw that.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: That is not true.