Marie Moloney (Labour) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the ruling in the challenge taken against the children rights referendum result. I ask the Acting Leader if she will at some stage organise for the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to come to the House as there is much speculation about the cost of water charges. The mayor of Killarney said yesterday that people would have to pay €600 and change their water meter every five years. I can neither confirm nor deny this information because we simply do not know.

It is time and people have a right to know what to expect with water charges, and they must budget for them. The introduction of water charges has been flagged for a long time and there has been ample time to formulate the charges. Will the Minister come to the House or could we get word from the regulator so we can have a debate on the issue? He could advise us how he intends to introduce water charges.