Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)

They are not so classified because a school is not covered in the definition of "domestic". While the statutory power to charge schools for water supply has existed here since 1878 as water rates and since 1962 as water charges, local authorities have not always used that power. However, the policy adopted by Government in November 1999 has since then required full transparent cost recovery. There has been an issue regarding cost recovery. It is to be regretted that schools do not fall under the definition of "domestic" and never have.