Ann Phelan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Section 50 is to provide for the establishment of a database to facilitate the payment of the water conservation grant from 2016 onwards. It will allow the Minister to establish a database which shall include information relating to the water services supplied to a dwelling in addition to details relating to the occupier, including the name, the address and whether the dwelling is the principal private residence of the owner.

The amendments proposed to this section simply propose the deletion of the section. Without these provisions, the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government would have no basis on which to pay the annual €100 grant to households. Accordingly, I cannot accept these amendments.