Tag: Water Charges

Government announcement on revised water charging structure

  Charges will be capped at the rate of €160 per year for single occupant households and €260 per year for all other households. These charges will apply until the end of 2018.   There will be a ‘Water Conservation Grant’ of €100 per year to each household.   This will mean that the charges for water will effectively be…

Tax Credit announced to offset water charges for those with a low income

Fine Gael Dublin Fingal TD, Alan Farrell, has stated that he is encouraged by the introduction of a tax credit for low income workers to alleviate the pressure they will face from water charges, as announced in the Budget for 2015.   “The introduction of a tax credit for low income workers to assist in alleviating the financial pressure they…