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Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: The decisions made were that, first, Irish Water would be set up by Bord Gáis Éireann and-----

Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: -----second, there would be no upfront charge for anybody.

Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: Third, there would be no charge until 2014.

Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: Fourth, there will be 2,000 jobs created, and fifth, there will be a transformation in the delivery of Irish water, and there will be no increase in income taxes or taxes on employment, which was a decision made by the Government. All consumers understand that this precious commodity is not free and when this system is in place, the Government will decide the free allocation per person,...

Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: -----and that charge will be determined by the regulator. One does not go to bed at night and leave on all the electrical appliances in the house because people know electricity must be paid for.

Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: We cannot have a position where taps could be left running endlessly.

Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: In many cases where meters apply-----

Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy can see them in many places around the country.

Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: The saving in consumption and cost would be serious.

Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: This will lead to the creation of a whole new level of confidence and competence in the Irish water system, not just for now but for the next 50 years.

Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: I am not sure if the Deputy checked with her counterparts in Northern Ireland but the party seems to have a very different philosophy in this part of the island. The position is that there will be no upfront charge and when this system is worked out by the regulator, the cost of the system will be subsumed into the standing charge to be determined by the regulator. The people living in the...

Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: -----and a standing charge is determined by the regulator, as it has been for very many years. With regard to the comment about people being cut off, these are all matters for discussion with regard to how the system will work. If a person does not pay an electricity or phone bill, the service is cut off. Water is fundamental for life and if the Government states that everybody will...

Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: Clearly the system here is for everybody to understand that we cannot go on the way we have been going on, we cannot continue to have 40% of water leaking through systems, we cannot have 30-----

Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: We will fix the pipes.

Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: Joe the plumber lost his place and has moved further to the right.

Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: For the Deputy's information, he can take it as a given that in the general discussions that take place about this matter, the priority of Government is to see, reflect and understand the difficulties that many people have. However, as I have explained to him on many occasions in the past, troika or no troika, we in this country have to sort out our public finance problems ourselves. Nobody...

Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: On the cost of the installation of water meters, I have seen in today's newspapers reflections of various costs of meters, from €30 to €200 to €300, and the cost of installation in various locations around the country. That is all a matter for discussion and determination by Bord Gáis when it sets up Irish Water together with the regulator. As I stated, the Government will determine...

Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: Let me repeat what I said for Deputy McDonald, as I did for Deputy Martin. What the Government decided yesterday was that Irish Water would be set up as a publicly owned utility.

Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: I understand Deputy McDonald's leader is at the socraid of Micheál Doherty and I extend our sympathies to Deputy Pearse Doherty on the loss of his father. I remind her of the comment made by her leader yesterday that this was about the privatisation of water. It is nothing of the kind. In fact, the legislation will strengthen the position that this is a publicly owned utility. That is why...

Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: There will be no bills of any kind for water for two years.