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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Meters (12 Mar 2013)

Brian Stanley: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the terms of reference used by the water metering system in choosing companies to be included on the panel for the installation of water meters; his views on whether the required €400,000 turnover for the listed years discriminates against small, experienced businesses in favour of bigger businesses; and if he will...

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (7 Mar 2013)

Brian Stanley: There are exemptions.

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (7 Mar 2013)

Brian Stanley: The Deputy should check his facts.

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (7 Mar 2013)

Brian Stanley: So have I.

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (7 Mar 2013)

Brian Stanley: On a point of order-----

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (7 Mar 2013)

Brian Stanley: On a point of order, the Deputy is misleading the House. There are no water charges in the North. They were not introduced in 2007. There are exemptions from household rates for low-income households.

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (7 Mar 2013)

Brian Stanley: I was not notified that the amendment was out of order.

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (7 Mar 2013)

Brian Stanley: Last night, I received a list indicating which amendments were out of order and it did not include amendment No. 42.

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (7 Mar 2013)

Brian Stanley: It is unfair to inform me at this late stage that my amendment is out of order.

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (7 Mar 2013)

Brian Stanley: I move amendment No. 42:In page 15, to delete lines 21 to 45 and in page 16, to delete lines 1 to 4 and substitute the following:“27.—Section 12 of the Local Government (Financial Provisions) Act 1997 is amended by the insertion of a new subsection (3):“(3) Section 4 of the Local Government (Financial Provisions) (No. 2) Act 1983, is hereby amended by the substitution of...

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (7 Mar 2013)

Brian Stanley: I move amendment No. 40:In page 13, to delete lines 34 to 42 and in page 14, to delete lines 1 to 40.

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (7 Mar 2013)

Brian Stanley: I move amendment No. 26:In page 11, to delete lines 17 to 43.I will leave it at that, as the amendment is self-explanatory.

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (7 Mar 2013)

Brian Stanley: I move amendment No. 38:In page 13, between lines 27 and 28, to insert the following: “(4) (a) This section shall not be commenced until such point as the Social Inclusion Division of the Department of Social Protection have carried out a poverty impact analysis study.(b) Such a study will have regard to—(i) whether the impact of the imposition of charges referred to in...

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (7 Mar 2013)

Brian Stanley: If we are going to keep to that, it will have to be on 1 January 2014.

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (7 Mar 2013)

Brian Stanley: The Government is telling the troika that it will honour all the agreements.

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (7 Mar 2013)

Brian Stanley: I move amendment No. 4:In page 5, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following: "(3) Section 24 of this Act shall come in to operation after the 1st of January 2014, or following a review of that section under section 24(4), whichever date is the later.".

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (7 Mar 2013)

Brian Stanley: The Minister of State did not answer my earlier question on the timing of the charges next year. Will it be 1 June, 7 June just after the local elections or 1 January? I mentioned earlier that many people are not sleeping, but another group of people not sleeping are those who occupy the Government benches who know what will come through their constituents' letterboxes next Monday. The...

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (7 Mar 2013)

Brian Stanley: The Minister of State referred in his response to the commitment given by the previous Government to the troika that water charges would be introduced in 2014. The local elections will be held in the first week of June 2014. Can the Minister of State confirm if people are to be billed for water from 1 January 2014? The question of when water charges will be introduced has been asked a...

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (7 Mar 2013)

Brian Stanley: Yes. I am sure the chief executive officer of the new company - I understand it will be Mr. John Tierney - will confirm that figure for us if and when necessary. As it stands, a €600 million capital investment will be required and the cost of installation of meters will be, taking the most commonly used figure, €500 million. Operational costs are estimated to be approximately...

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (7 Mar 2013)

Brian Stanley: We will have to contact a call centre if there is a problem with water services in my constituency; local councillors will be dialling 1890 numbers. Nobody has told me anything different. We will have to contact a call centre and get some kind of a response. We should be clear that the relationship will be same as the one we currently have with Bord Gáis. It is a fairly good company...