Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022

Final accounts and final annual report of Uisce Éireann as subsidiary of Ervia

14. The Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 16:

“16A. (1) Uisce Éireann shall, in respect of the financial year specified in section 17A(2)(a), prepare its final accounts and final annual report as a subsidiary of Ervia.

(2) Uisce Éireann shall, not later than 2 months after the appointed day, submit the final accounts to the auditor appointed by Uisce Éireann for that purpose and shall, immediately after the audit, present a copy of the accounts to the Minister who shall, as soon as practicable following their presentation, cause a copy of those accounts to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas.

(3) Uisce Éireann shall, not later than 4 months after the appointed day, prepare and submit to the Minister the final annual report of Uisce Éireann as a subsidiary of Ervia and the Minister shall, as soon as practicable after receiving such report, cause a copy of the final report to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas.”.