Ms Sheenagh Rooney:

To clarify the Commission for Energy Regulation's particular role in metering, we also see it as being part of a package. We are overseeing the moneys being spent on metering by Irish Water, both household and domestic metering, and what is being delivered for the customer. The decision was made from a policy point of view to install meters in households. What we look at is how much money is being spent and how many meters are being delivered. We are also assessing the costs to ensure they are being incurred efficiently and then allowing them. We also approve Irish Water's costs for district metering, which complement the moneys being spent on household metering as part of an overall package to address leakages. For example, in the last review we carried out we approved a sum of €118 million for Irish Water to address leakages. There are many aspects to it, one of which is district metering, while another is the work Irish Water is doing on its network. There is a combination of packages, but what we are focused on is what Irish Water is delivering for the money invested. That is where we would set targets for it to reduce leakages over time. That is what it has committed to do with this combination of measures.