Jerry Buttimer (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I wish to discuss apartment blocks. I will upset Deputy Stanley. I have met constituents of mine who are in apartment blocks. I understand that a single water meter will be provided per apartment complex. It will be for management companies to measure the amounts used or to apportion the cost per apartment.

In the interest of fairness to apartment dwellers, of whom there are many across the country, not just this city, I hope that we will allow a variable rate in such cases. It would be unfair for a person living alone to be asked to pay the same as a family of two or three kids.

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