Martin Heydon (Kildare South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We have talked about what the use of metering has achieved in the past, but what can it do in the future? I would like to hear the CER's view on whether there is scope for a rebate for customers in the future where they use their meters to very adequately show consumption has been kept well down. How does the CER see meters being used that way in the future? I know it is a CER recommendation, but what would Irish Water think about a policy in the future of new builds having meters installed as a matter of course in the network as it grows? We are facing into a time when there will be more building in the coming years and everyone would say that water harvesting and everything else are probably sensible approaches now. I would like the view of the panel on that.