Jim Daly (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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100. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of households eligible for the water conservation grant in 2015; the number that received the grant in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46323/15]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The Department of Social Protection is administering the Water Conservation Grant on behalf of the Department of Environment, Community, and Local Government. The regulations governing the Water Conservation Grant are set out in the Water Services Act 2014 (Water Conservation Grant) Regulations 2015. In order to be eligible to apply for the Water Conservation Grant, householders must first have registered their principle private residence with Irish Water by the 30 June 2015 deadline. To date, Irish Water has transferred details of over 1.312 million such registered householders to this Department. These householders were then invited to apply for the grant.

As of 15th December 2015, some 886,065 grant applications have been submitted by householders and processed.