Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 17 December 2014
237. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of households that have sent complete application packs to Irish Water; the number of households that are registered but are not eligible to pay water charges; and the number of application packs that have been returned blank to Irish Water. [48619/14]
View answer249. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of water application packs that have been returned to Irish Water to date; of the water packs returned, the number that have completed the section F declaration; the number that were returned without any completed information; the number that were returned illegible; of all packs returned, the number that have been counted by Irish Water as indicating the returner wishes to be counted as a registered customer of Irish Water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48754/14]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 237 and 249 together.
I have no function in relation to the Irish Water application process. Under section 6 of the Water Services Act 2007 and section 26 of the Water Services Act 2013 , this is a matter for Irish Water.
Irish Water has established a dedicated team to deal with representations and queries from public representatives and has contacted all Oireachtas members to provide details of an improved level of service which it is aiming to provide. The team can be contacted via email to oireachtasmembers@water.ie or by telephone on a new dedicated number, 1890 578 578.
