Fidelma Healy Eames (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Minister of State's reply was helpful. According to his example, single persons will pay €160 under the capped charge. They will receive a water conservation grant of €100 and, therefore, the net charge will be €60. If they have a meter and it shows they only used €60 worth of water, they will be due €100 back and, therefore, Irish Water will owe them €40. To work off the volume of water consumed, one must use the €160 charge.