Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent)
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Question 594: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on requiring local authorities to charge schools for water only where there is evidence of water being wasted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13558/06]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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It is a requirement of water pricing policy that the cost of providing water services for the non-domestic sector should be fully recovered by local authorities by means of a meter based volumetric charge. This is an equitable approach which promotes maximum environmental efficiency and also incentivises non-domestic users, including schools, to conserve their use of water. The national water services pricing policy framework does not provide for the exemption of any classes of non-domestic users from the charging policy.