Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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576. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if commercial water rates will remain at the same rate as at present. [40199/14]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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The Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 provides for the transfer of responsibility for the delivery of water services from the county and city councils to Irish Water, including responsibility for the charging of non-domestic customers. The councils, acting as agents of Irish Water under Service Level Agreements, have continued billing, collections and billing/metering query functions in relation to non-domestic customers. The local authority water tariffs that applied prior to 1 January 2014 still apply to non-domestic customers . The CER has indicated that it will be reviewing all aspects of non-domestic water tariffs under a series of public consultations and it will publish the timeline for this process before the end of 2014.

Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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578. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the purposes for which Irish Water is being granted a further €200 million in 2015; and if he will provide a breakdown of the way in which that money will be spent. [40226/14]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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In May 2014, the Government approved a total provision of €406m in equity to Irish Water in 2015 (€222m) and 2016 (€184m) to support increased investment in the public water services infrastructure. The provision of this funding will allow for capital investment by Irish Water at a rate which is about 33% above existing levels. It will allow for the progression of key water services infrastructural projects including the introduction of a first fix scheme to address customer side leakage that is highlighted through the metering programme.