Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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219. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the establishment of Irish Water, the implications for members of group water schemes that are currently paying water charges to their local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38395/14]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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I assume the Question relates to how Irish Water proposes to bill group water schemes which receive their water from Irish Water as distinct from schemes which have their own sources. Such schemes were previously customers of local authorities for the bulk supply of this water.

The group scheme is now a customer of Irish Water for the bulk supply of such water and the Commission for Energy Regulation is not proposing any changes at this stage to charges for non-domestic customers, including such group water schemes.

It is important to emphasise that the households on the group scheme are customers of the scheme and not of Irish Water.