Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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196. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the total number of Irish Water application packs received by Irish Water to date broken down by county; the estimated compliance rate in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40499/14]

Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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197. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of Irish Water application packs which were issued; the number that have been returned to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40500/14]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 196 and 197 together.

Since 1 January 2014, Irish Water has statutory responsibility for all aspects of water services planning, delivery and operation at national, regional and local levels.

Over the last number of weeks, Irish Water has been sending application packs to approximately 2 million households. The administration and operation of this application process is an operational matter for Irish Water and one in which I have no function. I understand that Irish Water expects that about 750,000 responses will be back by end week, and the bulk of these will be customers.

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