Danny Kinahan: ...would apply equally to those who are most vulnerable in society as it would to those who are most able to pay. We must also remember that we already pay for a considerable element of our water and sewerage services through the domestic regional rate each year. This accounts for an average £160 per household. Therefore, people who claim that households here are getting free water are not...
Danny Kinahan: ...’s dream. I will take you back to there being no management organisation. Consider that we have to pull together five Departments: the Department for Regional Development has the ports, water, sewerage; the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure has fishing, licensing and sports; the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment has tourism and the business side; the Department of...
Danny Kinahan: ...seven. Most of his speech was full of innuendoes, inaccuracies, errors and petty point scoring and actually did not add to the debate. I am in the Chamber waiting for the debate on the Water and Sewerage Services (Amendment) Bill to start. The Member’s speech incensed me so much that I thought that I would just stand here and say my penny’s worth. Had he been a football player, he...
Danny Kinahan: ...maintaining the roads in the countryside and everywhere else before we commence the new large projects. They are necessary, but they do not need to be done today. The Final Stage of the Water and Sewerage Services (Amendment) Bill will be debated later this evening. We have hard choices to make about water. Let us get ourselves ready for the future with regard to water, ensure that we have...