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The first quarterly water bills are arriving through letter boxes or by email

First Irish Water bills arriving at homes

The first batch of Irish Water bills were delivered to homes across the country today.

Irish Water has described the billing process as a significant task and expects there will be errors in its database

11,000 Irish Water customers to re-submit details

Irish Water has confirmed that it has asked around 11,000 customers who submitted payment details in writing or over the phone to re-submit the information.

News • 08 Apr 15

Eurostat is currently considering if Irish Water will be judged to be financially separate to the Govt

Irish Water provisionally included on State books

The Central Statistics Office has said that Irish Water has been provisionally placed on the Government's balance sheet as one of the bodies included in the central government sector.

News • 05 Apr 15

The loss of water is estimated to be 46 million litres every day

Irish Water says leaks could fill 18 Olympic pools

Irish Water suspects there are over 30,000 pipe leaks on customer properties.

News • 31 Mar 15

Residents in around 75 homes in the Moyola Park estate have been told not to drink water from the public supply

Warning over water contamination in Galway

Irish Water has said a public alert for householders in a Galway estate will not be lifted until there is absolute certainty that the supply is free of kerosene contamination.

News • 26 Mar 15

Pat Rabbitte said RTÉ’s treatment of the water issue had fallen short of what licence fee-payers should expect

RTÉ's water coverage criticised by Labour Party

There was stringent criticism of RTÉ's coverage of the water charges issue at this evening's meeting of the parliamentary Labour Party.

News • 26 Mar 15

Irish Water to send hundreds of thousands of incorrect bills starting in the first week of April

Irish Water to send thousands of incorrect bills

Irish Water has confirmed that it plans to send out water bills to more than 1.7 million households in the full knowledge that hundreds of thousands of those bills will be incorrect.

News • 25 Mar 15

A distinction would be made between people who cannot pay and those who will not pay

Government may deduct water charges from income

The Government is understood to be considering introducing legislation to recoup unpaid water charges from people’s income.

News • 24 Mar 15

23 meetings took place between Bord Gáis and the Department of the Environment between April and September 2012

No record kept of 2012 Irish Water meetings

No notes or records were kept at a series of high-level Irish Water meetings in 2012, between the then Environment Minister Phil Hogan and the Bord Gáis chairperson, Rose Hynes, according to documents seen by RTÉ’s This Week.

News • 22 Mar 15

Thousands protest over water charges in Dublin

Tens of thousands of people attended an anti-water charges protest in Dublin today.

News • 21 Mar 15

Irish Water estimates its customer base at about 1.5 million households

990,000 households register for water charges

About two thirds of those who are liable to pay water charges to Irish Water have now registered with the utility.

News • 19 Mar 15

The report relied on independent studies that focused on population projections, economic forecasting and water demand

New water supply 'urgent' for midlands, east

Irish Water has published a report that sets out the urgent need for a new water supply for the eastern and midlands region.

News • 10 Mar 15

Irish Water plans to install more than one million domestic water meters

Meter installers ask Irish Water for extra money

Irish Water meter installers have submitted a raft of claims for extra money from the utility, amid claims they incurred higher than expected costs when installing thousands of meters.

News • 08 Mar 15

RTÉ last month revealed that the administration of the conservation grant would lead to additional costs

No extra funds to administer water grant

The Government will not be providing any extra resources to cover the administrative cost of the controversial €100 Water Conservation Grant.

News • 02 Mar 15

Over 5,000 people are estimated to have taken part in the demonstration

Thousands take part in anti-water charge protests

More than 5,000 people demonstrated in Dublin over jail sentences handed down to water charge protesters for contempt of court and the ongoing arrests of anti-water charge protesters.

News • 23 Feb 15

Irish Water says it needs to invest €600m each year

Target of 2021 to eliminate all boil water notices

Irish Water has set 2021 as the target date to eliminate all boil water notices in the country, and to reduce the leakage of treated water by 11%.

News • 19 Feb 15

Ervia CEO Michael McNicholas said the reward-based structure did not amount to the payment of bonuses

Irish Water staff can earn extra 3% bonus payment

Staff at Irish Water and its parent company Ervia can earn an extra bonus payment of up 3% of their salary on top of individual performance-related payments, according to new details seen by RTÉ News.

News • 06 Mar 15

The Public Accounts Committee is looking at where responsibility for Irish Water's expenditure lies

Irish Water received €439m from local govt fund

The Public Accounts Committee has been hearing details of the subvention paid to Irish Water from the Local Government Fund, with the utility receiving €439m from the fund last year.

News • 05 Feb 15

It will be up to each individual landlord to manage their own business regarding utilities

Landlords seek meeting with Kelly over water bills

The Residential Landlords Association is seeking an urgent meeting with Minister for the Environment Alan Kelly to talk about the water charge issue and who will be liable for water bills.

News • 03 Feb 15

Irish Water had originally hoped to end its Service Level Agreements with councils by 2017

Councils delayed providing data to Irish Water

Local authorities only handed over key financial data to Irish Water after a deal was reached that guaranteed a longer role for councils than originally planned.

News • 01 Feb 15

837,000 households register for water charges

Just over half of the total number of households expected to be customers of Irish Water have now registered with the utility.

News • 31 Jan 15

Alan Kelly says €130m has been provided for the grant in his department's estimates for 2015

Govt faces extra costs to pay for €100 water grant

Extra resources will be needed to cover the full cost of the Government's controversial €100 Water Conservation Grant, RTÉ News has learned.

News • 29 Jan 15

The revised water charges were assessed as part of a review of Ireland's progress after the bailout

Draft report questions Govt changes to Irish Water

A draft report from the EU Commission, seen by RTÉ News, has raised significant questions about changes made by the Government to make Irish Water politically acceptable.

News • 23 Jan 15

Minister Alex White has announced the membership of the board of Ervia

Membership of Ervia board announced

Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources Alex White has announced the membership of the board of Ervia, which has overall responsibility for Irish Water and Gas Networks Ireland.

News • 20 Jan 15

Joan Burton said the meters will take five minutes to fix, and will cost €50

Water meters to last beyond 15 years - Burton

Changing water meters will be at low cost and many will "go well beyond the indicated life span of 15 years", according to Tánaiste Joan Burton.

News • 15 Jan 15

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