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Water Services (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022
- Sponsor
- Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage
- Introduced
- 16 Aug 2022
- Last updated
- 11 Sep 2024
What this bill doesAI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Irish Water renamed to Uisce Éireann and separated from Ervia as standalone national water authority with new Board and CEO.
- Uisce Éireann becomes directly accountable to Dáil committee and subject to Comptroller and Auditor General audit, replacing previous Ervia oversight.
- Staff, contracts, rights, liabilities and records transferred from Ervia to Uisce Éireann; €5m one-off separation costs incurred.
Stage timelineWhat do these stages mean?
- First Stage33rd Dáil16 Aug 2022
- Second Stage33rd Dáil15 Sep 2022
- Committee Stage33rd Dáil15 Sep 2022
- Report Stage33rd Dáil9 Nov 2022
- Fifth Stage33rd Dáil9 Nov 2022
- Second Stage26th Seanad9 Nov 2022
- Committee Stage26th Seanad22 Nov 2022
- Report Stage26th Seanad29 Nov 2022
- Fifth Stage26th Seanad30 Nov 2022
- Enacted7 Dec 2022
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