Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 7 October 2009
338 Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of revenue which would be raised on a 2010 and full year basis by ensuring that the cost of water services provided is fully recovered from the non-domestic sector in view of the relevant recommendation set out in the Commission on Taxation Report 2009. [34690/09]
View answerUnder the Government's Water Pricing Policy, local authorities are required to recover in full the cost of delivering water services to non-domestic customers.
The local authority budgets for 2009 include an overall provision of €753 million for the delivery of water services. Up to 40% of these costs relate to the non-domestic sector.
A volumetric charge is set by each local authority every year based on the anticipated cost of delivering water services during that year. As the 2010 budgets have yet to be adopted, it is not possible to estimate the charge to be levied or the revenue that will be raised next year.
