Ms Sheenagh Rooney:

I will address the query about non-domestic tariffs. As the economic regulator, the CER oversees the approval of Irish Water's tariffs for non-domestic customers and also their connection charges. At the moment we are operating under a business as usual process, as has been indicated, so we are currently living with the existing local authority charges. However, we have commenced a project with Irish Water which involves a lot of stakeholder engagement. Irish Water is working on proposals for an enduring non-domestic tariff regime in future. The timing for that has been slightly delayed because it is linked somewhat to the joint committee's deliberations. We would hope to receive proposals from Irish Water on its non-domestic plans perhaps by the end of this year. We would seek to consult on those in 2018.

We currently have approximately 500 different tariff categories for non-domestics in the country, which is not ideal in terms of transparency, simplicity or equity. That major project will involve much stakeholder engagement.

On the revenue side, Deputy Ó Broin referred to funding for capital over the years. We see capex investment ranging from €562 million in 2016 upwards to €629 million in 2018. It is, therefore, increasing somewhat.