Paudie Coffey (Waterford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Senator. For example, a single adult household with no water meter will pay a capped charge of €160 in 2015. If the water meter is installed subsequently and showed that the customer only used €100 worth of water, he or she would be entitled to claim a rebate of the difference, which would be €60. If we accept the amendment, rebates will be pushed back until the metering programme is completed. It is a timing issue rather than anything else and that is the reason we are not accepting it. It is an once off rebate to recognise people's water usage during the period they had no meter.