Irish Water Funding

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 October 2014

Tuesday, 21 October 2014

Ceisteanna (576)

Brian Stanley

Ceist:

576. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if commercial water rates will remain at the same rate as at present. [40199/14]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government

The Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 provides for the transfer of responsibility for the delivery of water services from the county and city councils to Irish Water, including responsibility for the charging of non-domestic customers. The councils, acting as agents of Irish Water under Service Level Agreements, have continued billing, collections and billing/metering query functions in relation to non-domestic customers. The local authority water tariffs that applied prior to 1 January 2014 still apply to non-domestic customers. The CER has indicated that it will be reviewing all aspects of non-domestic water tariffs under a series of public consultations and it will publish the timeline for this process before the end of 2014.

Question No. 577 answered with Question No. 558.