Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 279: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his Departmental guidelines for domestic water allowance for consumers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39797/06]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I assume that the Question refers to water consumption in premises which combine both domestic and other uses.

My Department has not issued guidelines in relation to this matter. However, the law requires sanitary authorities in such cases to make a reasonable estimation of the domestic element of water consumption in the premises, and to exclude this from any changes which they make for the supply of water.