Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 3 November 2015
1014. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason his Department interprets the words "on that date" as in section 5(1) of the eligibility criteria of SI No. 275 of 2015 under the Water Services Act 2014 (Water Conservation Grant) Regulations 2015, as 30 June 2015, when it can dually be read as appropriate to the actual date of application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37441/15]
View answerThe legislative basis for the Water Conservation Grant 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. The reckonable date of occupancy of 30 June 2015 for the 2015 grant scheme is set down in Regulation 5(1) of the Water Services Act 2014 (Water Conservation Grant) Regulations 2015. 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, and are normally resident at the principal private residence on that date are eligible to receive the grant in 2015.
I will be reviewing the operation of the 2015 scheme when all payments have been finalised by the Department of Social Protection. Following this review, I will set down the administration arrangements for the 2016 Grant scheme in regulations under the Water Services Act 2014.
