Water Meters Expenditure

Wednesday, 5 April 2017

Questions (229)

Clare Daly

Question:

229. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the details of the cost to the State of the water metering programme, including the cost of the meters and the cost of installation to date. [17059/17]

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Written answers

Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government

The expenditure incurred on the domestic metering programme, including the cost of meters and installation, amounted to €467m (including VAT) resulting in Irish Water installing over 891,500 meters on completion at the end of January 2017. The domestic metering programme was funded by Irish Water borrowing facilities.