The words of Eamon Gilmore when he was in Democratic Left.
Showing posts with label Water Charges. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Water Charges. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Thought and Action, which is neither left or right carried out a day of action yesterday (Shrove Tuesday). The A5 size leaflets circulated were in relation to opposing abortion, opposing the property tax and water charges. The issues effecting our communities goes beyond the false paradigm of ‘left’ v ‘right’. There was a great response to the day of action. Do continue your opposition in your local community.
The words of Enda Kenny when selected as Taoiseach in March 2011. In his “covenant” with the Irish people, he stated that by 2016, the centenary of 1916, that Ireland would be the best small country in the world in which to do business, raise a family and grow old with dignity and respect.
This is interesting coming from a political party that plans to legislate for the direct and intentional killing of the future generation. A party that wants a tax on the family home via the property tax, a party having a tax on water, a party supporting enslaving people in bank debt, a party who has supported mass immigration and happy to see the youth of Ireland being exported, a party, who has discouraged small business and failed on jobs and crime.
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
No to Water Charges!
http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/200k-salary-for-head-of-water-agency-gets-go-ahead-221119.html
€200k salary for head of water agency gets go-ahead
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
The Government has approved a €200,000 salary for the head of the new agency to collect water charges from homeowners.
By Juno McEnroe
Political CorrespondentThe appointment of John Tierney as managing director of Irish Water was signed off on by Cabinet yesterday.
A spokeswoman for Irish Water confirmed that Mr Tierney would take up his role in April, after he steps down from his current position as the manager of Dublin City Council.
His full salary will be €200,000 per year, she said, and there would be no bonuses or allowances on top of this.
Irish Water is also currently looking to appoint four senior officials to report to the new managing director. The positions include the head of finance, assets, human resources and customer operations.
All four will report to Mr Tierney, pictured, and their positions are expected to filled in the coming weeks.
Irish Water will oversee the metering of residences throughout the country as well as the collection of water charges.
The Government is under pressure from EU lenders to introduce water charges by the beginning of 2014, however departments say no decision has been taken on when levies — based on the volume of water used — will be introduced.
Mr Tierney yesterday said he was honoured to take up the new job.
Rose Hynes, chairwoman of Bord Gáis, said she was confident Mr Tierney would do an “outstanding job”.
The appointment of Mr Tierney comes as Bord Gáis, the parent company of Irish Water, moves closer to hiring a new chief executive.
Bord Gáis are expected to fill the position in the coming weeks.
Mass opposition continues to a water charge and the property tax. Water Charges and a tax on family home must be opposed.
By Fiach Kelly Political Correspondent
Wednesday January 30 2013
HOMEOWNERS face the controversial prospect of paying for their water based on the size of their home, rather than their estimated usage.
People with bigger houses face paying a higher temporary water charge than those with smaller homes from next year.
The Irish Independent has now learnt an "assessed charge" – which will have to be paid until water meters are installed – is likely to be based on the physical size of a home, rather than the number of people in it.
Sources involved in establishing the water tax say this is because it will be "impossible to police" the number of people living in a home, and it said "it is moving the way of property type".
The charge could be as much as €400 a year, but "nobody will pay a flat rate", one source said. Information on properties – and the initial tax to be paid – could be gleaned from databases that exist from the €100 household charge and the property tax, once it has been fully established from this summer.
Irish Water, the new body set up to collect the charges, will have access to records held by the Revenue Commissioners and the Local Government Management Agency.
However, the exact cost of the assessed charge and water metering will be decided independently by the Commission for Energy Regulation.
The bailout agreement with the troika compels the Government to bring in water charges next year. But the process of installing the meters only gets under way this summer, and will not be complete for three years.
To meet the terms of the bailout, the Government will have to bring in the assessed charge – but sources say this will almost certainly be pushed back until after the local elections, not scheduled to take place until mid-2014.
"It is a matter for the Government to decide the date it will be introduced," one source said.
It is hoped as many as 500,000 meters will be installed by the summer of 2014.
The Irish Independent has also learnt a "lead-in time" for metering is being considered.
Under this proposal, being discussed in the Department of the Environment, homeowners will be able to monitor their water usage on a meter for a few months before paying the metered charge.
"That way, people could see what they'd be paying, and might be shocked by their bills," a source said.
Irish Water will also be allowed access to the Department of Social Protection records, and it is understood certain welfare recipients, as well as people with acute medical needs, will not pay the full amount of the charge.
And it is now thought apartment blocks will have one meter installed which will measure the usage of all occupants – then the charges will be divided up per apartment.
- Fiach Kelly Political Correspondent
Irish Independent
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
An excellent comment on the Irish Independent site.
“As someone who remembers the last anti-water charges campaign very well, all I can say is they are very naive to think that 90 % will pay up, ( they left off water charges in Dublin until last in 1994 each year more and more people refused to pay the water charges until they were abolished in 1996. There was a lot less houses back then. They are playing down the numbers liable for water charges. They say they plan to write to 1.3 million households. The last census showed there are slightly over 2 million households in the State the real number of households liable. I notice two threats in this article (1) they are likely to have the unpaid bill registered as a charge against their property. The last time an unpaid water charge bill could only apply as a registered charge against a property was a period of 7 years under the statute of limitations. A registered charge against someone’s property will not apply forever; (2) or experience a loss of water pressure. I expected they would use threats to limit someone’s supply of water, they did this last time. Any time the water was turned off on a non-payer, it was turned back on soon afterwards by campaign volunteers. The same will happen again. One Incident during the last anti-water charges campaign: a private water crew tried to turn off residents water supply in Waterford. Their van was surrounded by angry mobs of people and they were trapped for hours. The only real purpose in setting up Irish Water is to pave the way for the eventual privatisation of water - a bonanza to be handed over to a private operator to profiteer from a vital resource. Otherwise, the government would leave water in control of local authorities.”
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