Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I have a brief question about a difficulty that I have encountered. An individual has a property that is broken into four apartments. He is paying property tax on each apartment, for example, a total of €800 per year. He wants to install a water meter in each apartment and is willing to pay for them. From my telephone inquiries with Irish Water, however, my understanding is that there will only be one water meter per property with a flat charge applied to the four sub-properties. As a landlord, he does not believe that will work because it will lead to disputes between tenants who believe that one should pay more than the other. It seems perfectly reasonable that, if an individual pays property tax, he or she should be able to get a water meter. What is the witnesses' opinion on that?