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No. 111 of 2017

Water Services Bill 2017

Public bill · Government · Presented

The proposal wipes out remaining domestic water charges for homes, cancels late fees, and lets Irish Water refund most household payments made since charges began. It also creates a new rule: people would only pay extra if their home uses more than an average household amount of water, with help for larger families and for medical needs. It also changes how Irish Water is funded, shifts some money flows between the Local Government Fund and the Exchequer, and sets up two new public bodies — a Water Forum and a Water Advisory Body — to give more oversight and advice on water policy.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to provide for discontinuing and extinguishing liabilities in respect of charges imposed by Irish Water for the provision of water services to a dwelling; for refund of certain payments made in respect of charges so imposed; for setting a threshold amount; for liability to pay for provision by Irish Water of water services exceeding the threshold amount to a dwelling; for allowances and exemptions from that liability in certain circumstances; for funding for Irish Water; for establishment of a body to be known in the Irish language as An Fóram Uisce or in the English language as the Water Forum; for establishment of a body to be known in the Irish language as An Comhlacht Comhairleach Uisce or in the English language as the Water Advisory Body; for amending arrangements in relation to the Local Government Fund; for those purposes to amend the Local Government Act 1998, the Valuation Act 2001, the Water Services Act 2007, the Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 and the Water Services Act 2014; and to provide for matters connected therewith

Last updated 17 April 2018

Sponsor
  • Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government Primary
Progress
  • First Stage
    Dáil
  • Second Stage
    Dáil
  • Committee Stage
    Dáil
  • Report Stage
    Dáil
  • Fifth Stage
    Dáil
  • Second Stage
    Seanad
  • Committee Stage
    Seanad
  • Report Stage
    Seanad
  • Fifth Stage
    Seanad Enacted
  • Enacted
    Enacted
Debates
  • Water Services Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages
    Seanad
  • Water Services Bill 2017: Second Stage
    Seanad
  • Water Services Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage
    Dáil
  • Water Services Bill 2017: Order for Report Stage
    Dáil
  • Water Services Bill 2017: Report Stage
    Dáil
  • Water Services Bill 2017: Committee Stage
    Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
  • Water Services Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed)
    Dáil
  • Water Services Bill 2017: Referral to Select Committee
    Dáil
  • Water Services Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed)
    Dáil
  • Water Services Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed)
    Dáil
  • Water Services Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed)
    Dáil
  • Water Services Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed)
    Dáil
  • Water Services Bill 2017: Order for Second Stage
    Dáil
  • Water Services Bill 2017: Second Stage
    Dáil

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