'We could end up with some element of a cross-border female league'
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The majority of the retirement package received by John Tierney when he left Irish Water came from pension entitlements.
Not long ago, TheJournal.ie was publishing articles with headlines like ‘Why don’t the Irish protest?’.
John Tierney said he didn’t forsee a situation ”where we would have to be taking people to court”. But what will happen to those who don’t pay out?
The utility’s new board structure has caused some confusion this evening.
The utility has consulted the Data Commissioner prior to starting the job.
The ‘big sell’ of Irish Water is well under way… Ministers have also been out today talking up the “€1.15 a week” figure.
All assets and liabilities from local authorities are due to be transferred to Irish Water by 2017.
The Irish Water charm offensive began in Ringsend this afternoon.
Several TDs have complained about not getting any response to their queries from the new utility.
The Public Accounts Committee was told it can’t question Irish Water boss John Tierney
The Irish Water boss John Tierney has met with Environment Minister Alan Kelly this afternoon.
Alan Kelly said the new board will address the bonus culture at Irish water as a matter of priority.
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Fine Gael Senator clarifies his comment that water “doesn’t just fall out of the sky”.
Meanwhile, a Fine Gael backbencher has called on the board of Irish Water to resign.
Leaks, protests, communication breakdown and a scorned minister have all contributed to a difficult 10 months for the new semi-state.
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It has also emerged that senior coalition figures have discussed the replacement of the Irish Water CEO.
Fine Gael TD Noel Harrington said he’s had “no substantial response” to a series of emails and Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty doesn’t seem to be getting anywhere either.
The former minister had the biggest job interview of his life this week, as he bids to become Agriculture Commissioner. But the issue of Irish Water just won’t go away, it seems.
TDs and Senators have also heard that Irish Water’s has put some 115,000 water meters into the ground, at a rate of around 27,000 a month, so far.
An ambulance chaser or an indispensable public spending watchdog? The Public Accounts Committee’s work and role is coming under increasing scrutiny from its own members.
But the taxpayer could lose €96 million.
The Taoiseach has defended Irish Water and its chief executive John Tierney this morning.
The charges are set to begin in October with the first bills due in early 2015 but a pricing structure has yet to be decided.
The Environment Minister has been called on to resign by Sinn Féin’s Gerry Adams today.
CEO of the semi-state, John Tierney, confirmed yesterday that staff would be entitled to bonus payments totalling up to six per cent of their salary.
John Tierney, who appeared before the joint Oireachtas Environment Committee yesterday, will be back in Leinster House this evening to answer more questions on Irish Water’s finances.
The new utility company’s submission to the Oireachtas Environment Committee outlines how up to €180 million will be spent to establish it.
Costs were released for the first time today but Irish Water has said that the Government knew of the completion of the procurement process 10 months ago.
The Fianna Fáil party makes a strong argument in its latest video offering on the controversy.
John Tierney will be faced with questions on the new body’s spending.
Irish Water has defended the spending saying the initial cost of setting it up has to be seen “in the context of long term cost savings”.
Irish Water chief executive John Tierney revealed the figure this morning, saying it was part of set-up costs for the new State utility company.
The company has been tasked overseeing the metering of homes ahead of the introduction of water charges late next year.
Homeowners will be contacted two weeks in advance of the installation of their meter.
The head of Irish Water said it delayed signing its contract with call centre Abtran after an employee was suspended at the company last month.
The central library, currently based in the Ilac Centre, will become the focal point for a new ‘cultural district’.