Barry Cowen (Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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117. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the progress in establishing an expert advisory committee on a statutory basis to review Irish Water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40335/16]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Under the ‘ Confidence and Supply Arrangement’ agreed with Fianna Fáil, the Government is committed to establishing an External Advisory Body to advise on measures to improve the transparency and accountability of Irish Water. The advisory body will be tasked with publishing advice to the Government and giving quarterly reports to an Oireachtas committee on the performance by Irish Water on the implementation of its business plan.

I intend to establish this body initially on a non-statutory basis with the legislation underpinning it to be considered at a later stage and this will be progressed early in 2017.