Colm Brophy (Dublin South West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I join the Chairman in welcoming the delegation and thanking them for attending this committee. I have a number of questions in respect of the information that has been provided.

In Wales 53% of households have a meter. How does the billing mechanism work between the 53% of houses that have a meter and the remaining 47% of household that do not? Is there a noticeable difference between water consumption patterns between the metered households and the non metered households?

Under the Scottish system, effectively the payment for domestic water charges comes out of the local property tax. I would like some more information on the proportion of the property tax payment allocated to Scottish Water as the water utility. There are indications of high customer satisfaction. When people pay their property tax are they aware that they are effectively paying for water? Are they happy with this situation?

In respect of the savings delivered since the start-up, how important was the ability to use metering as a means of measuring and monitoring consumption and being able to use these savings for reinvestment?