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Revenue should refund Irish Water customers, Fianna Fáil insists Fianna Fáil has called for the Revenue Commissioners to be tasked with refunding Irish Water customers who paid their bills over the last two years.
'Excessive water usage charge' among key proposals in water committee draft document The Water Charges debate has created a political storm.
'No refund for water billpayers' - Coveney says it would set ‘dangerous precedent’ Housing Minister Simon Coveney is coming under massive pressure to refund almost one million householders who paid water charges despite warning it would set "a dangerous precedent".
Protesters get under orders to halt water 'Trojan horse' Protesters plan to organise a series of marches from February ahead of a Dáil vote on the future of water charges.
EIB funding in the pipeline to improve Irish supply network The European Investment Bank says it is ready to fund water upgrades in Ireland - once the Government decides what to do about charges.
Premium Paul Melia: Europe will ultimately decide if charges are gone for good Six years after Ireland agreed to introduce water charges and we're back to square one. We still don't know how to fund upgrades and day-to-day operations. We have yet to discover exactly how much water we consume on a daily basis and all the time we continue to discharge raw sewage into our bathing waters.
Fianna Fáil's stance has been vindicated, says Cowen Fianna Fáil's Barry Cowen said the report of the Expert Commission on water vindicated his party's stance and meant charges were "dead and won't be returning".
Premium Kevin Doyle: This amounts to a 'free allowance' - but can politicians finally move on? After all the protests and political manoeuvrings, it seems the answer all along was simply to give people a very generous free allowance.
Firms face water bill hikes under 'harmonised' system Thousands of small and medium-sized businesses face hikes in their water bills when the regulator introduces a "harmonised" system of charges in just over a year.
Sinn Féin: 'Thousands of water meters will be left to rust if charges abolished' THOUSANDS of water meters installed by Irish Water would remain in place and be left to rust if charges were abolished, Sinn Féin has admitted.
'Leave the taps on and we'll foot the bill' - Taoiseach slams Fianna Fáil's water plans TAOISEACH Enda Kenny said that under Fianna Fáil's water policy "everybody could leave their taps on" and the taxpayer would be expected to foot the bill.
Micheál Martin: Sinn Féin 'play-acting on water charges' and we won't support motion to abolish FIANNA Fáil won't be supporting Sinn Féin's Dáil motion to abolish water charges, Micheál Martin has said, describing the rival party's move as "play-acting".
FF joined by Sinn Féin, AAA/PBP in call to abolish water charges Fianna Fáil has been joined by Sinn Féin and the Anti-Austerity Alliance/People before Profit in calling for water charges to be abolished and households to be refunded bills that they have already paid.
Cryptosporidium outbreak cost €19m A Cryptosporidium outbreak that resulted in 120,000 people being forced to boil their water for five months cost €19m, a new study shows.
'We quickly put a filtration system in place, ensuring we saw no drop-off in bookings' As the cryptosporidium outbreak took hold in Galway in 2007, one of the industries hardest hit was the hospitality sector which bore a cost of €50,000 per day.
Some households use six times more water than average Some households are consuming six times as much water as the national average, new data shows.
Water bills bring in just a quarter of expected income after new freeze Irish Water collected just over a quarter of what it expected as floods of householders failed to pay their water bills in the wake of the Government's decision to suspend charges.
Irish Water payments almost halved in recent months Irish Water payments almost halved in the last billing cycle after the Government announced the charges would be suspended for nine months.
'Repay every cent of our water bills,' voters urge An overwhelming majority want the Government to repay those who paid their water bills if charges are ultimately abolished, according a Sunday Independent/Millward Brown opinion poll.
Water review chief faces calls to quit just days after his new appointment The chairman of the independent commission set up to consider water charges is facing mount calls to resign - just days after being handed the post.
Fianna Fáil calls for chair of water commission to consider his position after media remarks Fianna Fáil has called on the chairman of the Independent Commission set up to examine the future of water charges to consider his position.
Irish Water's €1m bill for travel Irish Water staff racked up a bill of nearly €1m last year on planes, trains and automobiles, the Sunday Independent can reveal.
Let's not use water charges to defame the EU and ourselves So now the European Union is trying to upend the February general election result. That allegation is calumnious - and it is also just plain silly.
We're not surprised by hardline EC stance on water bills - Coveney Housing Minister Simon Coveney has said he is not surprised by the European Commission's assertion that Ireland has no exemption on water charges.
Abandoning water charges against law: EU The EU Commission has said there can be no going back on water charges in its clearest statement on the controversy to date.
'There is no going back on water charges' - EU There is no going back on water charges, the EU Commission has said in its clearest statement on the controversy to date.
Water bills on hold for months at €20m cost to State Suspending water charges will cost the State some €20m, the price of building around 80 local-authority houses.
Government to establish commission on Irish Water The Government has sought nominees to form an Expert Commission to make recommendations on the long-term funding model for delivering water services.
Senior garda faces probe over water protest 'leaks' A senior garda is facing investigation over the leaking of information to RTÉ following an incident in which Joan Burton was blockaded by water protesters.