Water Services (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022
Public bill · Government · Presented
Irish Water would be renamed Uisce Éireann and set up as a separate national water body, no longer run through Ervia. The changes also set up a new board and chief executive, move staff, assets, contracts and records over to the new structure, and give the company stricter reporting, audit and oversight duties, including appearing before a Dáil committee. It matters because it gives the water utility its own identity and governance, while making it more directly answerable to the Oireachtas and clearer about who is responsible for water services.
Formal long title
Bill entitled an Act to provide that Irish Water shall be known only as Uisce Éireann; to provide for the reorganisation of Uisce Éireann, the separation of Uisce Éireann from Ervia, the removal of Ervia’s functions relating to Uisce Éireann, and for those purposes to make certain amendments to the Gas Act 1976, the Water Services Act 2013, the Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013, the Water Services Act 2017 and certain other enactments; to make further provision for the board and chief executive officer of Uisce Éireann; to amend the accounting and reporting requirements of Uisce Éireann; to provide for accountability by Uisce Éireann to a Committee of Dáil Éireann; to provide for the transfer of certain staff, rights and liabilities and records from Ervia to Uisce Éireann; to provide for the dissolution of the Water Advisory Body; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Last updated 11 September 2024
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- Water Services (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Committee Stage Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage
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