Clare Daly (Dublin North, United Left)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

908. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of water meters that have been installed to date; and the percentage of meters that have been installed as against the target. [1066/15]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

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 including the delivery of water services capital infrastructure. This includes responsibility for the domestic metering programme.

The first phase of the domestic metering programme began in August 20 13 and will be completed by mid- 2016. Approximately 33,000 meters are installed, on average, every month. By the end of 2014 almost 540,000 meters had been installed, which exceeds the anticipated target for the end of the year by almost 90,000 or approximately 20%. By the end of 2016, 1.1 million homes will be metered, representing over 80% of all domestic customers and will include 48,000 apartments that can be easily metered.