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Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: Do they not deserve to get grants so as to ensure that they can do this appropriately, manage their schemes or wells and service their costs the same as everyone else? They have been paying for water for decades.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: I do not see anyone going down to protest the fact that they have had to pay for water.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: This is not unique. Water is such a valuable resource that the grant going to people like that is well deserved. In fact, judging by my travels, it has been welcomed in rural Ireland. There is €130 million for a demand-led scheme. If demand increases, so be it. That will indicate success in many ways. I outlined to the House the figures that were requested. I indicated that the...

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: I have just outlined them.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: I have given the numbers.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: We have the figures.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: The figures are out there.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: I have given the figure.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: It is administered like any other grant. How would one disaggregate that cost?

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: How would the Department explain how it does the Christmas bonus and everything else? That is impossible.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: I do not.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: The Department of Social Protection does it.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: I do not have those figures.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: What about the millions of euro we are saving by getting more people employed?

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: Why does the Deputy not look up more to the Visitors Gallery?

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: I have answered the question.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: Financing.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: I have the figures.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: I took the intervening time to get Deputy Donnelly's figures and I apologise for not having them before. The €130 million is based on the best "guesstimates" of volume of households, as I outlined earlier. The Deputies opposite can accept that or reject it but those are the estimates given to me.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: Deputy Donnelly argued that costs could potentially be in excess of charges and some points should be borne in mind. One cannot include the €130 million, which is an allowance given to everybody. It is not relevant in comparing costs and charges of Irish Water. The cost of billing and metering is estimated at €22 million. If that is deducted from €271 million, it...