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Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Brian Stanley: Will the Minister of State re-examine it?

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Brian Stanley: When?

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Brian Stanley: Will it be retrospective?

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Brian Stanley: I would ask that it be.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Brian Stanley: What about the figure of €2 billion?

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Brian Stanley: Why is there a €500 million of a differential between the Minister and the Taoiseach and the officials?

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Brian Stanley: According to the officials from Irish Water and the Taoiseach, the figure is different.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Brian Stanley: I have only been given a quarter of the time of the previous speaker and I have a question relating to the advertisements. There is still a differential of €900 million. Why did the Minister tell us last year that all of this money would be spent on footpaths, roads, lights, libraries and so on?

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Brian Stanley: The Minister is evading the question.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Brian Stanley: The Minister is not taking the prior losses into account-----

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Brian Stanley: The Minister has gone off on a tangent-----

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Brian Stanley: He has taken the discussion off in a totally different direction.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Brian Stanley: The final point I want to make relates to the underspend last year of €45 million.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Brian Stanley: There was an underspend on water services last year of €45 million which is being carried over into this year. There are schemes to improve water quality and water supply which are waiting to commence. Mountmellick is an example in that regard. Why is Mountmellick not being prioritised? Why are the schemes for places like Emo and Portarlington not being prioritised for capital...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Brian Stanley: No. There was no difference of opinion.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Brian Stanley: Will it happen this year?

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Brian Stanley: The Minister should stick to the questions.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Brian Stanley: We have been probing the issue of the establishment of Irish Water because of our concerns. Deputy Cowen said he received an apology. I have not received mine yet. I asked a number of questions throughout last year on costs, including the cost of outside expertise and consultants. Those questions were not answered. Any answers I did get were nonsense. The Ministers completely...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Brian Stanley: I asked questions on the cost of consultants and the cost of establishing Irish Water. If I remember correctly, advertising on the local property tax stated revenue would be used for parks, libraries, lights and paths. I heard the Minister and Minister of State Deputy O'Dowd say this many times. It now turns out that the €550 million landed into the Local Government Fund and that...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Brian Stanley: The Minister's officials referred to an annual saving of €1.1 billion over seven years. The Minister said it would be €2 billion, which points to a difference of €900 million. It is costing roughly €1.2 billion at present. Over seven years, this will amount to €8.4 billion. The Minister is saying he will save €2 billion. I asked him before how he...