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Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: -----this is the capacity of this committee to discuss the funding implications for Irish Water. Will the committee also discuss the Exchequer payments that will have to go to Irish Water-----

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: -----and the capital funding of Irish Water as a consequence of the action of suspending water charges?

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: Will the committee discuss, or will the Government allow it to discuss, where the funding will come from? Will it be taken from schools, health care-----

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: I-----

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: Fair enough. I take the Acting Chairman's advice.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: Fine.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: With the setting up of this committee and the process the Minister went through on the suspension of water charges, the Minister is in a unique situation, unfortunately, given the political arithmetic in which he has found himself in that the legislation he is proposing is questionable under European law. I consider the Minister to be in an unenviable situation. I do not think it is...

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: Wait a second. I will get to Irish law.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: We have to adhere to European law as well, Deputy.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: We have to adhere-----

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: Actually, European law takes precedence, as Deputy Cowen knows.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: I want the Minister to absolutely guarantee-----

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: -----that this committee-----

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: I am coming to Deputy Cowen-----

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: -----is acting based on, and I genuinely request this of the Minister, the legal advice he has received under both national and EU law. I assume the Commission will be in touch with the Minister soon to outline its view on the suspension of water charges. We are challenged in the scenario in this House to face down the reality, given the make-up of the Dáil, which I respect, as that is...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Home Help Service (12 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: Deputy Troy is right. I welcome the €40 million, but there is a gap period and we are not seeing this funding on the ground. HSE officials tell me that when it is distributed it will only bring the hours back up to a certain level, which is only a drop in the ocean. That is what the Minister of State's officials are saying. I am telling her the truth. I know of a lady in...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Mental Health Services Provision (12 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: The admission of young people to adult facilities is a scandal. In fairness, funding is now ring-fenced for mental health arising from action taken by the Minister of State's predecessor. The figures are also being addressed. The Minister of State is doing her best and any support she needs she will certainly get from our side of the House because community intervention is necessary....

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Mental Health Services Provision (12 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: What about Jigsaw? I apologise, but my question was not answered-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (12 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: Agreed.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (12 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: 4. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an up-to-date list of section 38 entities which receive funding from the HSE and the amount of funding each organisation received from 2013 to 2015, inclusive; if he will publish all HSE audits of section 38 organisations; and if he will consider a policy of seeking to ensure a representative of the HSE serves on the board of each of these entities...