Clare Daly (Dublin North, United Left)
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248. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the allowance that will be awarded to persons with health conditions which require water; and the criteria that will be used by Irish Water to award those allowances. [38718/14]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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I refer to the reply to Questions Nos. 527 and 528 of 7 October 2014 which sets out the position in the matter.

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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249. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of homes to be billed in full for domestic water charges. [38719/14]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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The Commission for Energy Regulation (CER) recently held a public consultation on the water charges plan, submitted to it by Irish Water, which covered a range of issues relating to water charges and included the tariff model which underpins the Plan. Last week, the CER issued a determination on the water charges plan and details and associated documentation are available on the CER website (). The final Irish Water Tariff Model, as published by the CER, estimates that just under 1.5 million households are connected to the public supply and will be billable by Irish Water.

However, Irish Water is in the process of compiling the relevant data to ensure that customers can be billed accurately based on the tariff structure approved by the CER. Throughout the last number of weeks, Irish Water has been sending application packs to households, which refer to the effective charging date and the fact that billing for domestic customers in receipt of public water services will start in January 2015. The application process will enable customers to confirm their details for billing and, by providing the relevant PPS numbers, claim the allowances that they are eligible for. Until the application process is complete, it is not possible for Irish Water to state exactly how many households will be billed for domestic water charges.

Irish Water has established a dedicated team to deal with representations and queries from public representatives. They may be contacted via email to oireachtasmembers@water.ieor by telephone on 1890 278 278.

Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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250. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the issues raised concerning the request for personal public service numbers, water default charges and more (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38736/14]

Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Independent)
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253. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the Irish Water data protection notice has now been approved by the data protection commissioner; and if he will provide an assurance to customers that any personal data provided will be secure. [38790/14]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 250 and 253 together.

I refer to the reply to Questions Nos. 207, 215, 208, 209, 210 and 211 of 8 October 2014. The position is unchanged.