Water pricing submission
Deputy Cowen asks whether Cabinet will submit views to the Commission for Energy Regulation on water pricing; the Taoiseach expects the decision to be published within two or three weeks.
Could the Taoiseach inform the House if the Cabinet has discussed and decided upon a submission to the Commission for Energy Regulation, CER, in respect of water pricing? That has been open to submission for the past number of weeks and there is not much time left. I know the Taoiseach and Cabinet have been very busy in recent weeks dealing with other matters but I ask him not to forget to make a submission in order that the public might have some idea as to what water pricing policy is being engaged with by the Government with regard to the CER with a view to the public and electorate being fully aware of what costs can be expected to come down the tracks vis-à-vis the water pricing issue.