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

Eamon Gilmore: That is not what I am getting at.

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

Eamon Gilmore: I move amendment No. 4: In page 15, line 4, after "accordingly" to insert the following: ", but references to prescribed persons and cognate expressions shall refer only to householders involved in group water schemes and similar arrangements, and shall not refer to those engaged in commercial activity". During all the debates on this Bill, I have expressed concern on behalf of the Labour...

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

Eamon Gilmore: I acknowledge that, since the Bill was published, we have made considerable progress in limiting the potential for the privatisation of water services. It is certainly the case that, when the Bill was originally published, provisions in it expressly allowed for the privatisation of water. The original section 27, which I believe has now gone, referred to that. The same is to some extent...

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

Eamon Gilmore: I have asked the question and I await the Minister's response.

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

Eamon Gilmore: Who owns the water in each case? We must test this.

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

Eamon Gilmore: In no circumstances will the water be owned by the private company.

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

Eamon Gilmore: I am happy to accept amendment No. 17, which improves the situation. I have been comforted to hear the Minister state that in no circumstances will the assets or infrastructure of our water services be transferred to private ownership. I am also satisfied to have heard that the water itself will not in any circumstances be owned by anyone but the public authority. I hope that I am right in...

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

Eamon Gilmore: We have come a long way on this since the Bill was published and, to be fair, the Minister has responded to the issues raised on this side of the House. Having come this far, I do not see how he cannot accept the amendment in my name, which would put the matter completely beyond doubt.

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

Eamon Gilmore: I move amendment No. 6: In page 18, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following: "6.—In addition to the matters specified in section 5, the purpose for which this Act is enacted includes giving effect to the fundamental right of the individual to access to sufficient, safe, acceptable and accessible water for personal and domestic use, having due regard to international legal...

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

Eamon Gilmore: In view of the decision made on the connected amendment No. 2, this amendment is dead.

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

Eamon Gilmore: I move amendment No. 2: In page 14, between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following: ""fundamental right of the individual to access to sufficient, safe, acceptable and accessible water" includes the right to access to water which is free from contamination that is likely to cause injury to human health;". This goes to the heart of the problem that arose in Galway, the absence of a legal right...

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

Eamon Gilmore: We were talking about genuine concerns and he undertook to consider this before Report Stage. He has now had five months to reflect on this and I am disappointed there is no Government amendment on the list that would acknowledge the right of the public to a safe and reliable water supply. This is a fundamental issue and it is not new. The Labour Party proposed it on Committee Stage, as I...

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

Eamon Gilmore: I thank Deputy O'Dowd for facilitating my intervention at this stage. When the House debated this Bill on Second Stage at the end of 2004, I made the point that while the legislation was unlikely to excite the passions of the House, the media or the public, we would return some day, after something had gone wrong, to consider the issue of water services and the manner in which the passage of...

Order of Business (25 Apr 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: No. This important legislation deals with the modernisation of water services, a matter not unconnected with the problems people in Galway are experiencing. It took the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government almost two years to prepare the legislation. It was published in 2003 but he took until the beginning of 2005 to get it through Second Stage. He then sat on it...

Order of Business (25 Apr 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: It adds insult to injury to the people of Galway and the problems they are suffering.

Written Answers — Drug Abuse: Drug Abuse (24 Apr 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 63: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the spread of crack cocaine in urban Ireland; if his attention has been drawn to recent reports that crack cocaine could potentially spread to increasing numbers of cities and towns; the efforts he has made to combat the spread of crack cocaine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15000/07]

Written Answers — Fishing Vessel Licences: Fishing Vessel Licences (24 Apr 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 537: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the progress made to process an appeal under Section 7 of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 2003 by a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14326/07]

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (24 Apr 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 707: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason he is discontinuing core funding from the LDP for a group (details supplied); if he will reconsider his position on funding for this group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15180/07]

Written Answers — Fire Service: Fire Service (24 Apr 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 1043: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the case being made by the National Retained Firefighters Association for a national standard uniform for such firefighters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15181/07]

Written Answers — Fire Service: Fire Service (24 Apr 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 1044: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the case made by the National Retained Firefighters Association for a compensation scheme for retained firefighters who are killed or injured in the course of their duties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15182/07]