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Written Answers — Environmental Policy: Environmental Policy (26 Jun 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 729: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will establish a Dublin Bay area task force; the proposed purpose of the task force; and the way it will be composed. [17809/07]

Carbon Budget. (26 Jun 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 96: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the way the proposed carbon budget, to be produced in conjunction with the annual fiscal budget will work in regard to the commitment in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17154/07]

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (26 Apr 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 61: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the practice of false contracting being used across a wide range of industries in order that employers can avoid many of their duties towards employees; if he will engage in a public information campaign to highlight the legal situation surrounding false contracting and the methods...

Written Answers — Grocery Industry: Grocery Industry (26 Apr 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 64: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps being taken to promote FAIRTRADE products both within and outside his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15482/0]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Apr 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 44: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the main findings of the Government's working group on the rent supplement scheme; the changes he will make to the rent supplement scheme as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15191/07]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Apr 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 80: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will confirm that a review of the supplementary allowance scheme has revealed significant inconsistencies in the levels of payments made under the scheme between different parts of the country; the steps he will take to ensure greater consistency in the level of payments made; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Water Services Bill 2003 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Apr 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: I move amendment No. 11: In page 25, line 21, after "paragraph" to insert the following: "and, in the case of electronic mail, provided also that the individual has consented to receive legal notices by email, that the matter is one of urgency, and that there is a facility to confirm that the recipient has received and read the mail and that this facility has been operated". This amendment...

Water Services Bill 2003 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Apr 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: I move amendment No. 15: In page 37, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following: "(a) the right of each person within the functional area of the authority to have access to water services;".

Water Services Bill 2003 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Apr 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: I move amendment No. 20: In page 57, line 51, after "repair" to insert the following: "and may recover a contribution to the cost of meeting his or her obligations under this section from the persons using the connection, in direct proportion to their level of use of the connection". We discussed this at some length on Committee Stage. It addresses problems where there are combined drains or...

Water Services Bill 2003 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Apr 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: I move amendment No. 23: In page 63, line 36, after "premises" to insert "other than a domestic dwelling".

Water Services Bill 2003 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Apr 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: As we will be dealing with the issue of water charging in any event when we come to amendment No. 28, I will withdraw this amendment.

Water Services Bill 2003 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Apr 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: I move amendment No. 24: In page 64, line 30, after "shall" to insert the following: "take such steps as are reasonably within his or her control to".

Water Services Bill 2003 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Apr 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: I move amendment No. 28: In page 89, between lines 27 and 28, to insert the following: "71.—This Part shall not apply to domestic dwellings.". This amendment essentially deals with the issue of charging for water. The Minister has devoted an entire part in this Bill to the legislative provision for water metering. I propose that this measure should not apply to domestic dwellings. As we...

Water Services Bill 2003 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Apr 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: The Government has been very negligent in the way it has handled this Bill, which concerns the transposition of the EU directives on water services. Ireland has been in trouble with the European Commission regarding water services legislation. It should not have taken over four years for this Bill to reach the stage of enactment. The Bill has been changed very substantially in the course of...

Water Services Bill 2003 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Apr 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: I wish to respond to the debate we had on this. The Minister mentioned practical difficulties prevent him from accepting three amendments which would give Irish people a legal right to water. Such a legal right is hardly an unreasonable request to make in the first decade of the 21st century. Water is essential for life. The practical difficulties referred to by the Minister relating to...

Water Services Bill 2003 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Apr 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: How many houses in the country do not have a supply of running water either from the public supply or a group water scheme?

Water Services Bill 2003 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Apr 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: No.

Water Services Bill 2003 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Apr 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: This is at the root of what we are discussing. This is not about the supply of a luxury. It is about the supply of something which is essential for life. The Minister spoke about the practical difficulty that this would somehow impose an enormous burden on the State. We know one third of the country's entire housing stock was built during the past ten years, presumably connected either to...

Water Services Bill 2003 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Apr 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: ——the State has a responsibility and obligation. If somebody living in a rural area draws his or her water from a well or other private supply and it is polluted by the activity of someone else the State has a duty of care to protect the right to water of that person. It is up to the State, through water pollution laws, etc, to ensure those people are protected. The reality is that in...

Water Services Bill 2003 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Apr 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: I am replying to the debate. If the Victorians could deliver clean water to towns and cities when this country was under British rule in the 19th century, it is not unreasonable to ask that, in the 21st century, the Government of this independent State should be able to deliver and guarantee to people that they will have a good quality water supply. The Minister is standing back from the...