Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 8 February 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services
Scottish Water, Welsh Water and the Commission for Energy Regulation
1:30 pm
Mr. Chris Jones:
Yes. Metered households with a higher consumption because of medical reasons and households with three or more children can apply for a different social tariff which caps their metered bill at a certain level if they are in receipt of benefits or meet meet other criteria. We are unusual in having two approaches to exemptions. In England social tariff support is only available to metered households, but both we and the Welsh Government have been keen to promote social tariffs and help for customers regardless of whether their properties are metered.