Written answers

Tuesday, 23 September 2014

Department of Environment, Community and Local Government

Water Supply

Photo of Aengus Ó SnodaighAengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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496. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the current average rate of leakage of water across the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35472/14]

Photo of Alan KellyAlan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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The most recent published figures for unaccounted for water for each of the local authority administrative areas are set out in the report Service Indicators in Local Authorities 2012, which was published by the Local Government Management Agency (LGMA) on 24 March 2014. A copy of the report is available on the LGMA website at .

Since 1 January 2014, Irish Water is responsible for the delivery of water services capital infrastructure. Irish Water has recently published its Proposed Capital Investment Plan for 2014 – 2016 and this is available on the Irish Water website, .

The plan outlines a number of priorities to be delivered including tackling leakage, eliminating Boil Water Notices, improving water quality and investing for economic development .

Irish Water has confirmed to my Department that it has established a dedicated team to deal with representations and queries from public representatives. The team can be contacted via email to

or by telephone on 1890 278 278 .

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