Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 22 February 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services

Public Water Forum

1:30 pm

Ms Maria Graham:

In the context of putting in the multi-annual programme, we revised some of the grants for group water schemes. While there is an overall allocation, this is worked on a per household grant basis. There is a household limit to the different types of funding. The number of these were increased and a number of new forms of support were brought in last year. We are examining the grant for private wells in the context of the confidence and supply agreement, which suggests that we should revise the grant levels there as well. This is under way and we will take account of it.