Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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On section 18, the point has been about water loss. I would not want water lost between the meter outside my house and the tap at the kitchen sink. There is no evidence to show that this is happening. If it is happening it will show up very quickly in the household. During my time as a public representative I have only come across a few houses where that has happened. It becomes evident very quickly because water appears in the house, in the back yard or at the side of the house, wherever the pipe is leaking. The householder will not want that to happen. New pipework will show up a leak very quickly without the need for a meter outside the gate. Water loss is an issue of concern to me. I have asked engineers and water-keepers working with county councils where most water is lost. They will always say that the vast majority of loss occurs through the mains before it gets to the stop-cock on the footpath at the front gate.