Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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557. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of water meters installed to date, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17654/15]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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The Water Services Act 2013 provided for the establishment of Irish Water as an independent subsidiary within the Bord Gáis Éireann Group (now Ervia) and assigned the necessary powers to allow Irish Water to undertake the domestic water metering programme. I have no responsibility for the rollout of the metering programme.

However, I understand that water meters are being installed in all regions across the country at a rate of some 31,000 per month, with an overall target of 1.1 million dwellings to have meters installed by the end of 2016. The installation rates are reported by regional contractor for their respective region, rather than by county. The number of meters installed per region to 1 May 2015 is set out in the table.

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