Pat Gallagher (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)

The purpose of section 50, to which amendment No. 18 refers, is to enable a water services authority to enter into an agreement with any person to provide water services infrastructure with a view to that person subsequently transferring ownership of it to the water services authority. The agreement referred to does not relate directly to the discharge of its functions per se by a water services authority. On the other hand, however, the specific purpose of the agreement is already set out in detail in subsections (2) and (3). The amendment is unnecessary.