Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 3 May 1983

Vol. 342 No. 1

Written Answers. - County Council Charges.

597.

Mr. Bell

asked the Minister for the Environment the current rate of water charges levied by each county Council; the method of collection by each council; if all householders in rural areas are included; the categories of householders exempted; if houses which have a private water supply are included; if any county council impose any other general charges; if so, the councils; and if he will give details of such charges.

Minister for the Environment (Mr. Spring)

While particulars of current charges are not available in my Department attached is a tabular statement setting out the most up-to-date information furnished by the county councils regarding charges levied by them for (a) domestic water supplies and (b) metered water supplies to non-domestic consumers.

My Department do not have details of the method of collection used by each county council. While details are not available in my Department, I understand that, in general, the water charges apply both to householders and to business premises receiving a public water supply either directly through connection to a public water main or indirectly through a connection to a private group water scheme but not to premises with private water supplies from private sources.

Apart from water charges, county councils ar present may levy charges for a range of the services they provide. Details of the charging practices of individual councils in relation to such services are not available in my Department.

(a) Domestic Water Charges levied by County Councils in 1982.

County Council	Annual Scale of Charge
Carlow	£10
Cavan	£10
Clare	£6 for houses less than £5 valuation to £18 for houses with valuations greater than £20
North	£30
CorkSouth	Charge varies between £22 for premises with valuations less than £10 to £40 for premises with valuations of £20 or greater
West	£32 (£16 for unfiltered supplies)
Donegal	£10
Dublin	15p per valuation
Galway	£15
Kerry	£30
Kildare	£25
Kilkenny	£25 (for houses with W.C. and Bath)
Laois	Minimum charge £25 or 80p per valuation where valuation exceeds £30
Leitrim	No charge
Limerick	Ranges from £12 for valuations less than £12 to £23 for valuations greater than £10
Longford	£25
Louth	No charge
Mayo	£20 for valuations under £15; £31 for valuations between £15 and £25; £36.60 for valuations between £25 and £35; valuations over £35 a charge of £36.60 plus £6 for each £10 valuation in excess of £35
Meath	From £18 per annum for valuations of £10 and under to £48 for valuations greater than £30
Monaghan	90p per £ valuation subject to a minimum of £6 and a maximum of £35
Offaly	£15
Roscommon	£10
Sligo	£20
Tipperary (N.R.)	£20
Tipperary (S.R.)	£40
Waterford	£29
Westmeath	£25
Wexford	£40
Wicklow	£20

(b) Metered Water Charges levied by County Councils in 1982 on Non-Domestic users.

County Council	Charge per 1,000 gallons
Carlow	20p (Minimum £20)
Cavan	60p
Clare	48p
Cork (N)	60p (Min. £80 for first meter, min. £40 per additional meter).
Cork (S)	80p for industry — 65p for agricultural and commercial supplies — schools 45p
Cork (W)	65p (minimum £32 per annum)
Donegal	30p (50p for mineral water companies)
Dublin	72p
Galway	50p
Kerry	70p
Kildare	75p
Kilkenny	60p
Laois	60p
Leitrim	No charges generally levied except 60p other Local Authorities, 35p Health Board.
Limerick	42p (65p city environs) — minimum £10 per half year
Longford	50p
Louth	35p
Mayo	50p-60p depending on consumption
Meath	36p (minimum £25 per annum)
Monaghan	60p (minimum £23 per annum)
Offaly	60p
Roscommon	90p
Sligo	20p where consumption exceeds 200 gals/day
Tipperary (N.R.)	80p (minimum £15)
Tipperary (S.R.)	75p (minimum £40 per annum). To other Local Authorities 63p
Waterford	72p for first 1,000 gallons per day plus £1.20 per 1,000 gallons thereafter (min. charge £48 per annum).
Westmeath	64p (minimum charge £50)
Wexford	55p (minimum charge £60)
Wicklow	60p