Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation
Dail Éireann — 2023-12-06
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Leo Varadkar (FG), Dublin West

A referendum on water ownership remains Government policy. We do not yet have a date for it. I want to reiterate that there are no proposals from the Government or, I think, any party in the House to privatise Irish Water. The fact that Irish Water has given the contract to a private company is hardly creeping privatisation. Some 100 years ago, the ESB gave a contract to Siemens to build Ardnacrusha. Come off it now.

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Sitting date: 2023-12-06