Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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648. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to publish the Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2017 in June or July 2017 and to seek to have the Bill passed before the 2017 summer recess; and if not, the implications for the current suspension of domestic water charges. [31074/17]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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The report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services was published on 12 April 2017 and approved by both Houses of the Oireachtas.

The Government approved the priority drafting of a Bill to give effect to the relevant recommendations set out in the Committee's report on 30 May 2017. My Department is working with the Attorney General's Office on the drafting of the Bill with a view to it being published as soon as possible.

The Water Services (Amendment) Act 2016 provided for the suspension of domestic water charges. Charges are currently suspended until 31 July 2017. If necessary the period of suspension can be extended.