Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The question is as follows. Section 3 will raise money from domestic charges and there is a cost associated with raising that money. There is a cost associated with section 5, which sends €100 cheques around the country.

The context is this. I am checking whether the cost of raising the revenue is more than the revenue that will come in. I believe it will cost the State to charge people for water. What is the net income to the State of raising revenue through domestic charges less the cost of raising that revenue which is the annual cost of the metering, billing and customer service, less the annual cost-----

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