Frank Feighan (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 101: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason Roscommon County Council's water waiver system has not remained in place for elderly or hardship cases in County Roscommon since a company (details supplied) has taken over collecting water rates. [11219/08]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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Local authorities are required to recover from non-domestic users the cost of providing water services to them. Under the legislation governing water charges a waiver is available on grounds of personal hardship only. With the abolition of domestic water charges after 1996, this provision has become largely irrelevant, regardless of a local authority's billing arrangements.