Niall Collins (Limerick, Fianna Fail)
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452. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of households who have registered and have been paid the Water Conservation Grant to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2069/16]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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Current levels of registration with Irish Water is a matter for the utility and one in which I have no function. Irish Water has established a dedicated team to deal with representations and queries from public representatives. They may be contacted via email at or by telephone on 1890 578 578.

The legislative basis for the Water Conservation Grant scheme 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 registered with Irish Water, as required under Section 5(2)(a) of the Water Services Act 2014, on or before 30 June 2015, were eligible to receive the grant in 2015, in respect of their principal private residence only.

As at the 30 June 2015, a total of 1.308m households had registered with Irish Water and were therefore eligible to apply for the 2015 Water Conservation Grant. To date, 887,127 have applied for and have received the grant.