Results 501-520 of 1,047,687 for in 'Dáil debates' OR in 'Committee meetings' (speaker:Ciarán Cuffe OR speaker:Brian Stanley OR speaker:Marc Ó Cathasaigh OR speaker:Paul Donnelly)
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Uisce Éireann (26 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: Irish Water has a gadget with which someone can walk along where the mains are and if there is a leak, it will show. Would that be correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Uisce Éireann (26 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: I am told it is very high-tech that a leak can be shown by way of a signal from the gadget a person walks with.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Uisce Éireann (26 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: The engineer who told me that is wrong. Is that right?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Uisce Éireann (26 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: Mr. Laffey is an engineer.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Uisce Éireann (26 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: How long has he been in water services?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Uisce Éireann (26 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: Okay. We will beg to differ on that one.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Uisce Éireann (26 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: They are used in other areas.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Uisce Éireann (26 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: The point I am making is that there is no need for an individual meter in every house. It is literally €200 million down the drain. That is the point. It is wasted, gone, on the programme.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Uisce Éireann (26 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: Not to mention the bad start it gave Irish Water. How much has Irish Water spent replacing pipes in the main system in each of the last three years?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Uisce Éireann (26 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: I suppose I welcome that. Did I hear correctly that 37% is being lost through leaks? Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Uisce Éireann (26 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: How much was spent on replacing mains in the last three years?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Uisce Éireann (26 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: Four years. Okay, that will do.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Uisce Éireann (26 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: It is five years.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Uisce Éireann (26 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: It was €890 million. Therefore, it was approximately €180 million per year.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Uisce Éireann (26 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: Therefore, it was approximately €180 million per year.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Uisce Éireann (26 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: So, it was about €180 million per year.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Uisce Éireann (26 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: On average, we will say, across the five-year period.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Uisce Éireann (26 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: What length of mains is being replaced at any time.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Uisce Éireann (26 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: Okay. How many kilometres make up the total network supply?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Uisce Éireann (26 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: It is 65,000 km. Can Ms O'Dwyer give us the figure again for five years.