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12/06/2013
Irish Water MD Confident People Will Pay
Confidence is high that householders will pay the new water charge when metering is fully rolled out, Irish Waters managing director has said.
According to RTÉ, John Tierney made the comments while addressing the annual conference of the Environmental Protection Agency in Galway.
He said that recent experience with the Local Property tax and Household Charge showed that a majority of people will pay.
As the first phase of installing meters will see them installed on footpaths outside homes, it is still not known how structures will be metered.
(MH/CD)
According to RTÉ, John Tierney made the comments while addressing the annual conference of the Environmental Protection Agency in Galway.
He said that recent experience with the Local Property tax and Household Charge showed that a majority of people will pay.
As the first phase of installing meters will see them installed on footpaths outside homes, it is still not known how structures will be metered.
(MH/CD)
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