Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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104. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the ongoing negotiations between the various parties on the creation of a single water utility. [3327/22]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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The Policy Paper on Water Sector Transformation (February, 2021) sets out clearly the approach planned by Government to proceed with the integration of public water services within Irish Water's organisation structure and thereby deliver a publicly owned, stand-alone, regulated, national water utility tasked with modernising and transforming the delivery of water services in Ireland.

Engagement between the parties, facilitated by the Workplace Relations Commission, is continuing with the aim of reaching a collective agreement on a Framework for the future delivery of water services. The Government believes it will be possible to reach a collective agreement which addresses the interests and concerns of all parties.