Alan Farrell (Dublin Fingal, Fine Gael)
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That is appreciated. Mr. Millican said that about 97% of households in Scotland are on the public system. Mr. Jones mentioned a similar figure for Wales. In respect of the cost of installation of an opt-in meter in Scotland and Wales, I think it is a policy to install these meters in Wales. Is there an opt-in policy as well? Could witnesses give me a ballpark figure for a housing estate constructed 30 or 40 years ago that did not have a meter installed when it was constructed? The witnesses will forgive my ignorance. I do not know when meters became common in the UK. The witnesses spoke about cost recovery - in other words, the cost of putting it in. I know how much it costs to put in a meter in this jurisdiction because I have 870,000 examples. Is there a figure the witnesses can attribute regarding the installation cost for a normal, average house? I am not talking about somebody living down a laneway.