John Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)
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159. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of applications that were received for the water conservation grant since its introduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7526/17]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The Water Conservation Grant was introduced in 2015 as part of the Government's revised package of water measures, announced in November 2014. The scheme assisted in the promotion of water conservation and sustainable use of water services in the homes of both customers and non-customers of Irish Water.

The 2015 €100 Water Conservation Grant was available to all households that satisfied the following criteria:

- the property was registered with Irish Water on or before 30 June 2015;

- the person applying for the grant was normally resident in the property on 30 June 2015; and

- the application was being made in respect of a principal private residence.

The Water Conservation Grant was administered by the Department of Social Protection on behalf of my Department. The 2015 Water Conservation Grant has been paid to 890,104 applicants.