John Perry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 540: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the directive which has been issued concerning charges for water meters in schools in view of the fact that schools are part of the community structure; his views on whether parents are already paying water charges for their own supply which would mean that they are paying water charges twice (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2814/06]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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In accordance with the EU water framework directive, the national water services pricing policy framework provides for the recovery by sanitary authorities of the cost of providing water services from the users of these services, with the exception of households using the services for domestic purposes. The policy framework requires full recovery of the cost of providing water services to the non-domestic sector by means of a meter based volumetric charge and the full metering of this sector by December 2006. The framework does not provide for the exemption of any classes of non-domestic users from the charging policy.