Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein)
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578. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify where the Water Services Act 2013 states that Irish Water is legally permitted to install meters in estates not taken over by a local authority. [9324/15]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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Section 20 of the Water Services Act 2013 provides Irish Water with the authority to install water meters in dwellings connected to a public water supply. Section 7 of the Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 provides for the transfer of all functions conferred on water services authorities by the Water Services Act 2007 to Irish Water. Accordingly, section 72 of the 2007 Act provides that Irish Water may supply water by measure and to meter or otherwise measure the volume of water supplied or the volume of waste water discharged. Section 72 also provides Irish Water with the authority to access, install, read, repair or replace a water meter.