Householders will face water charges

[bormotello]

Householders will face water charges - National News, Frontpage - Independent.ie

ENVIRONMENT Minister John Gormley yesterday signalled householders will soon have to pay water charges.

The minister confirmed the Commission for Taxation was considering the introduction of domestic water charges as a way of increasing the tax intake for local authorities.

"It is a very thorny subject in this country because we believe that water falls from the sky and there's no need for anybody to pay for it," he told a gathering of climate change experts at a workshop in Dublin Castle. "I think we are going to have to grasp this particular nettle and say yes we are going to have to pay for treated water."

Asked to clarify if this meant householders would face bills for domestic water use, he said the commission must be permitted to complete their studies and he could not preempt the outcome of their research.

Under an EU directive, all water users, apart from households, are being charged in a bid to conserve water use.

Probably next tax will be levy fresh air

This tax make sense if houses would be equipped by water meters, otherwise it will not force proper usage of water.
Fat cats from D4 will use water for watering grass and will pay the same amount as low income family in apartments…

[keepitreal]

Householders will face water charges - National News, Frontpage - Independent.ie



Probably next tax will be levy fresh air

This tax make sense if houses would be equipped by water meters, otherwise it will not force proper usage of water.
Fat cats from D4 will use water for watering grass and will pay the same amount as low income family in apartments…

Just sitting here looking out the window I would be inclined to agree that Yes, water does fall from the sky and that this country has an abundance of it. More taxation.
This lot need to go - soon.

[joemomma]

Just sitting here looking out the window I would be inclined to agree that Yes, water does fall from the sky and that this country has an abundance of it.

And of course the process of getting it from the sky to your tap is entirely without cost.

[Dios]

If three quarters of the water wasn't leaking out the damn cracked pipes they installed, water would cost 75% less to process.

[Ecoguy]

I hope it does come in, it might stop the t*sser I live next door to from washing his car every second week or watering his poxy lawn during the past two wettest summers in living memory - its wasters like him that have screwed things up for everyone within the Dublin region at least, where the demand for water will soon outstrip supply

[corbadh]

What about those people who were conditioned in their planning permission to connect to the mains in their planning permission? Many just wanted to sink their own well. The principle of taxation is being bulldozed through. There are agencies set up across the state charged with monitoring and ensuring the safety of all water courses and ground water. This means that a household with a well can be charged for the administration of the agency that monitors all wet patches in their region, a household on mains will be charged the cost of providing that water. there will be no way out of a water tax. The next step will be the marketisation of this service as per FGs economic policy and hey presto you may as well live in Thatcher's Britain.

[Dios]

Never mind the muck that leaks into the cracked pipes. We're being charged for the privelege of having parasites infest our bowels.

[Pauli]

Another Green tax? Quelle surprise!!!

[ibis]

Water rates? What will they think of next?

[blacbloc]

If three quarters of the water wasn't leaking out the damn cracked pipes they installed, water would cost 75% less to process.

That's the real scandal. Water is privatised in the UK and the punter is made to pay to keep them in profits. The companies more or less refuse to mend the water infrastructure as it would affect shareholder value. Crazy situation - please God don't let us go down that road here. Or are we already embarked on it?