Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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1012. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway is not being facilitated with a water conservation grant; if this decision will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37387/15]

Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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1016. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a matter regarding the Water Conservation Grant in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37579/15]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 1012 and 1016 together.

The legislative basis for the Water Conservation Grant is set out in Section 5 of the Water Services Act 2014 and statutory regulations under the section, inter alia, provide for the general administrative procedures for the scheme. Persons who register with Irish Water, as required under Section 5(2)(a) of the Water Services Act 2014, on or before 30 June 2015 shall be eligible to receive the grant in 2015 if they were normally resident at the principal private residence on that date. These criteria were widely communicated by my Department on and in the print and radio media. I have no proposals to amend the regulations.

I will be reviewing the operation of the 2015 scheme when all payments have been finalised by the Department of Social Protection. Following this review, I will set down the administration arrangements for the 2016 Grant scheme in regulations under the Water Services Act 2014.

Seán Kyne (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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1013. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason an application by a person (details supplied) for the water conservation grant is deemed to be ineligible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37471/15]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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The eligibility criteria for the Water Conservation Grant are set out in the Water Services Act 2014 (Water Conservation Grant) Regulations 2015. Under regulation 5(1) a person who registers with Irish Water, as required under section 5(2)(a) of the Water Services Act 2014, on or before 30 June 2015 shall be eligible to receive the grant in 2015 if they were normally resident at the principal private residence on that date. Therefore to be eligible to receive the grant in 2015, the person must have been normally resident at the principal private residence on 30 June 2015.