Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

-----or in the next six months or so, that is my understanding. I can stand corrected on that. It is pretty close to being concluded. Phase 2 of the metering roll-out was always going to be more complicated because it involved flat complexes and so on, which is more complicated in terms of metering. My view is that we have a very significant number of water meters in the ground. They have served a useful function and they will do so in the future also.

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