Water charges for households are due to be suspended for at least 9 months in the next few weeks. But Irish Water staff will not be idle , because they will soon start sending out thousands of Water Bills to businesses. Businesses have already been paying water charges to the local authorities for may years […]
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Water Charges
Information , facts and figures about Water Charges in Ireland. Find out how much you will have to pay and if there are any grants or exemptions.
Refunds of Water Charges
Water charges have not been abolished …. yet. The new Government have announced their intention to suspend Water Charges. It was a controversial issue which took a long time for the various parties to agree on. The water charges are expected to be suspended for at least nine months, while an “expert commission” looks into […]
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Irish Water Late Payment Penalty Charges
Water charges have been here for over a year now – they started from January 2015. The very first Irish Water bills went out in April 2015. It looks like there are significant numbers of people who have not paid any of their water charges – about 40% of people have paid nothing at all. […]
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Water Conservation Grant – The Details
A new annual “Water Conservation Grant” was revealed as part of the revised Irish Water Charges that were announced on Nov 19th 2014. This grant application process seemed to end up a a bit of a fiasco. Eligibility for the grant depended on Irish Water passing on customer details to the Dept of Social Protection […]
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Rebates on Water Charges
Until homes have water meters installed – their water charges will be a flat rate based on the number of adults in the household. See Unmetered Charges Here . After meters are installed – bills will be capped at these assessed rates until 2018. In theory it will be possible to “beat the cap” and […]
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