Dominic Hannigan (Meath East, Labour)
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Question 392: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 143 of 8 June 2011, if he will confirm that persons with private wells who do not receive water from the public mains system will not have to pay any charges for water under the new water metering scheme. [15844/11]

Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 409: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the outcome of the cost-benefit analysis of the funding options for the metering programme carried out by him. [15290/11]

Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 392 and 409 together.

In order to address a commitment in the Programme for Government, my Department is preparing proposals for the installation of meters on households connected to a public water supply, including consideration of the costs and benefits of the various options for the metering programme. Proposals on the matter will be submitted to the Government for consideration as soon as possible and further details will be made available at that stage subject to their approval by Government. The Government's objective is to deliver the metering programme in the most efficient and cost-effective manner.