# water-charges - Wednesday 17 July, 2019
Irish Water in its proposals said it was recommending a range of measures in a bid to reduce household water usage.
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# water-charges - Tuesday 16 July, 2019
Minister Eoghan Murphy has said a referendum on the topic could be held as early as next year.
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Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy said wording for the referendum should be ready in the autumn.
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# water-charges - Sunday 27 January, 2019
This week, the Cabinet approved the introduction of excessive charges for households.
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# water-charges - Tuesday 20 November, 2018
The aim would be to retain public ownership of any company charged with responsibility for the supply of water services
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# water-charges - Thursday 13 September, 2018
A report on the issue will be launched today at a conference called How (Not) To Do Public Policy.
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# water-charges - Sunday 22 July, 2018
Trade groups believe a European proposal will unfairly burden businesses.
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# water-charges - Tuesday 15 May, 2018
€177 million was provided to Irish Water last year to refund to some 995,000 domestic customers, that included €5 million in administration costs.
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# water-charges - Friday 24 November, 2017
Dylan Collins has been remanded on bail until January.
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# water-charges - Friday 17 November, 2017
Refunds totalling €173 million will be paid to 990,000 customers.
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# water-charges - Friday 3 November, 2017
Three of Ireland’s leading homelessness charities have called on the public to donate their refunds.
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# water-charges - Thursday 7 September, 2017
The first charge will be levied in July 2019.
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Water usage will be monitored from 2018, with bills arriving in 2019 for those that waste water.
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# water-charges - Monday 24 July, 2017
The former Secretary General of the Department of Finance said the focus should shift from tax cuts to reducing the cost of living.
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# water-charges - Sunday 23 July, 2017
The government must decide how best to repay people and avoid another PR disaster.
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# water-charges - Tuesday 18 July, 2017
Paschal Donohoe has identified an under-spend across all departments of €300 million.
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# water-charges - Monday 17 July, 2017
FINALLY. Talk about water charges might be coming to an end as the government figure out how to give the cash back.
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# water-charges - Sunday 16 July, 2017
It is estimated that the refunds will cost in the region of €160 million.
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# water-charges - Wednesday 12 July, 2017
Officials are in negotiations with the EU for a special deal to pay around €160 million in water charge refunds.
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# water-charges - Tuesday 30 May, 2017
Cabinet agreed to give priority to the drafting of the Water Services Bill 2017 today.
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# water-charges - Monday 29 May, 2017
It’s day 22 of the trial.
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# water-charges - Friday 19 May, 2017
Solidarity TD Paul Murphy and six other men are charged with falsely imprisoning Joan Burton and her advisor.
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# water-charges - Thursday 18 May, 2017
Marion Power said there was “constant abuse and horrendous language the whole time”.
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# water-charges - Wednesday 17 May, 2017
“You were being pushed around. You couldn’t stand still. I was being punched continually.”
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# water-charges - Tuesday 16 May, 2017
Garda Gavin Cooke has denied the claim.
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# water-charges - Thursday 11 May, 2017
Seven men are accused of falsely imprisoning the former Tánaiste during a water charges protest in 2014.
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# water-charges - Monday 1 May, 2017
And how many households fall into the “excessive use” category of 1.7 times the average?
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# water-charges - Thursday 27 April, 2017
Seven men including TD Paul Murphy have pleaded not guilty to false imprisonment.
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# water-charges - Tuesday 25 April, 2017
New figures from the CSO show that usage of water in Ireland is heavily skewed by a small fraction of consumers.
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# water-charges - Monday 24 April, 2017
Over 100 potential jurors were called in a random ballot and a jury of five women and seven men were selected.
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# water-charges - Sunday 23 April, 2017
Ivan Yates said that people see Hogan as the “bogeyman of Irish Water” in a radio interview today.
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# water-charges - Wednesday 12 April, 2017
Politicians are having their say on the water committee report tonight.
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The Dáil is set to debate water charges today.
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Finally, after 22 meetings, the water committee has approved its final report.
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# water-charges - Tuesday 11 April, 2017
The water committee has gotten fresh legal advice on the final report.
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# water-charges - Monday 10 April, 2017
It’s reported that staff receive perks such as car allowances and fitness instructors as well as health insurance packages for executives and their spouses.
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# water-charges - Saturday 8 April, 2017
Crowds turned out in Dublin today for the demonstration.
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Regina Doherty said that the party had made a “catastrophe” of trying to introduce water charges.
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# water-charges - Friday 7 April, 2017
The minister has said some of the wording agreed by the committee is “deeply ambiguous” and at odds with the EU.
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# water-charges - Thursday 6 April, 2017
The water committee has voted in favour of adjourning until next week.
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