The Government have yet to respond to media reports that suggest Bord Gáis underestimated the cost of the Irish Water metering programme by over €100 million.
Sinn Fein is hitting out at the coalition after it emerged that the cost of installing water meters may be €108 million higher than the detailed estimate provided to the Government over 18 months ago.
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In the figures from May 2013, the estimate of the entire cost of the metering programme came to over €431 million – but, just weeks later it emerged that the final cost was €539 million.
