Andrew Doyle (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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872. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will ensure that Irish Water / Uisce Eireann is accountable to his Department for the purposes of answering Parliamentary Questions on the record of Dáil Éireann; if full answers regarding their work will be published on the record of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37076/13]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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The Water Services Act 2013 provides for the establishment of Irish Water as a subsidiary of Bord Gáis Éireann, conforming to the conditions contained in the Act and registered under the Companies Acts. The Act provides that Irish Water will be required to submit an annual report on the performance of its functions each year to me and to the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources. Irish Water will also be required to submit its annual accounts to me each year. The 2013 Act also provides that the annual report and accounts will be laid before each House of the Oireachtas.