Water already paid for – new tax will meet mass resistance
The Campaign Against Household & Water Taxes (CAHWT) predicts mass opposition to any attempts to impose a tax on water. Householders simply cannot take another burden, following household and a likely property tax. The CAHWT pledges to organise a mass grassroots campaign on this issue in every estate, town and village. “Water is already paid […]
Irish Water Will Be An Independent State Owned Subsidiary Of Bord Gais Eireann
In deciding on the establishment of Irish Water, the Government asked that detailed analysis be undertaken as to whether the public utility should be established as a new State agency or under the stewardship of an existing State agency. On foot of this analysis, the Government has today (17 April) agreed to establish Irish Water as an […]
Water meters and charges would pauperise families & will be resisted
The government statement that householders would have to pay for the installation of water meters to their own homes is outrageous. “The idea that householders would have to pay hundreds of euros for a meter which would then lead them to be charged hundreds of euros more each year for an essential resource really shows […]
