Results 721-740 of 784 for speaker:Pádraig Ó Céidigh

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: The commissioner would like to come in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: I need to proceed because I want to give other people a chance to contribute. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan has been waiting quite a while.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: So you are not to ask it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: If it is agreeable to the Deputy, we can request that information and discuss it at the appropriate meeting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: The witnesses might feed that information back to us.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: All we can do is get the evidence-based data and make decisions based on the information that can be reasonably made available to us. Is that fair enough from Deputy O'Sullivan's perspective?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: Absolutely.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: I am keen to move on. I call Ms Rooney, and other speakers are offering also.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: I call Mr. Marley for a final word on this area.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: I need to move on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: We will not go there.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: I accept that but other members must be allowed an opportunity to contribute.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: Our brief is to deal solely with domestic charging.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: Yes, we are dealing only with domestic funding.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: The decision made by both Houses was to address domestic funding. That is the direction the Deputy and I have been given.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: That area does not come within the committee's brief.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: It is the future funding of domestic water in Ireland. Read it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: I apologise but the answer is "No".

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: The Deputy may ask his question at our next meeting. I invite Deputy Seamus Healy, who has been waiting for a long time to contribute, to put his questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: The witnesses have about a minute to respond because I want to bring in at least one more member if I can.