Sean Canney has called on the Government to intervene but Uisce Éireann has said that annual increase will be less than €250 for vast majority of users
The new tariffs for water and wastewater will be introduced on October 1st. The standing charge per connection will double from €43 to €83 and there will be a 15 per cent increase in water charges for Band 1 users , with other ranges of increases for larger users. Menopause and HRT: ‘I never had a hot flush. I was just losing myself. By 47 or 48 the weight had really come on’
“The doubling of the standing charges for water connections will place an excessive cost on farmers, especially suckler and dry stock farmers. It said that 86 per cent of customers would see annual bill increases of less than €250; that 5.4 per cent would see annual bill increases of between €250 and €500; that 7.4 per cent would see annual bill increases of between €500 and €5,000; and less than 1 per cent would have bill increases of €5,000 or more.