Here's what the Oireachtas Water committee has decided: water charges will be scrapped, refunds should be approved, and new builds will not be mandatory metered.
So, with water funded through general taxation, does that mean the taxpayer will be stuck with the bill to update Ireland's creaking water infrastructure?
On The Late Debate last night, Cormac O'hEadhra put this to Fianna Fáil TD Thomas Byrne who, as you'll see in the video, did not seem entirely sure. They were joined by Fine Gael TD Colm Brophy, Economist Colm McCarthy, thejournal.ie's Christina Finn and Solidarity TD Paul Murphy.