Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

-----in its latter years in government, when it lost control of the country's finances. The Department deals with several new projects each year. We have a project development team and we scope out any new project, particularly the information technology developments necessary to deliver this payment to what is probably over 1.3 million households. These are the rough figures.

We aim to make this payment beginning in September, after people have paid their initial Irish Water bills, which I understand will be sent to people some time after April in a sequential manner. The Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, together with Irish Water, on whose behalf we are administering this payment, will send us the data. We have a project team. The Deputy asked if I am aware of this and whether I have discussed it with senior officials. Yes, of course I have.

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