Lynn Boylan (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Our rationale for opposing the section is to give the Minister of State an opportunity to respond. We want him to stipulate what exceptions will apply, for whom they will apply and the rationale for those exemptions. Will it be anybody who is currently abstracting water? How will they be taken into consideration? What mechanism will be put in place? We are opposing the section in order to give the Minister of State an opportunity to allay concerns about what the exemptions will include and how they will be decided.