CAN YOU Believe all these Gobshites after all the street to street protest and the huge 100k people demo in Dublin That they still think that we the people we stand for their petty arguments in FG, Lab, FF, SF, Greens, RTE N The other Media They are all running scared now but they are behaving like people moving the deck chairs on their sinking Titanic. I have news for you all in the Dail You are all going down and make no mistake as you (above mentioned) are all guilty of treachery, of deceit, of lying and of bestowing poverty torture upon your people. WE The People do not recognise your for profit private company called Irish Water owned by your on the run tax exiled colleague crook Denis OBrien who owe the Irish people 300 million euro that you have kindly written off for him. But we will not engage or comply or stand for any more of these corruptions or for your ineptitudes in destroying this country. DMcK THE Independent Newspaper stated Fine Gael TDs have warned Taoiseach Enda Kenny that the controversy over mounting customer complaints at Irish Water and its bonus culture threaten to turn it into another medical card fiasco. During a stormy party meeting, backbenchers expressed their anger to Mr Kenny and compared Irish Water to the HSE. The dissent comes as the Government promised to give every household help paying water bills. That follows an embarrassing Budget day blunder in which 200,000 families were omitted from two schemes to ease the pain of the new charges. Officials were last night scrambling to come up with a fairer formula for reducing the burden of water charges. But pressure is now intensifying on Irish Water executives. Labour Party TDs also complained to Tanaiste Joan Burton about Irish Waters handling of complaints. Irish Water bosses are to be summoned to appear before a Fine Gael internal committee and the party is holding a meeting on the problems with the semi-state company. Irish Water managing director John Tierney was labelled a gobshite at last nights weekly Fine Gael parliamentary party meeting in Leinster House, which was attended by the Taoiseach. Kildare North TD Anthony Lawlor made the comments during a heated discussion on water charges, which saw around a dozen TDs criticise the new utility. Tipperary North TD Noel Coonan said he was not going to be associated with such language. Mr Lawlor later apologised and withdrew his remark, according to Fine Gael sources. 00:00 / 02:42 Speaking to the Irish Independent, Mr Lawlor said he spoke on the issue of communications and bonuses for Irish Water staff during the meeting. Asked did he call Mr Tierney a “gobshite”, Mr Lawlor said: “I’m not going to make any comment to you on that”. Another party source said Irish Water was not getting their message across and there was a lack of certainty about the charges. Fine Gael TDs complained at the meeting they were getting a generic response from Irish Water when they forwarded concerns from their constituents. “It has the potential to do us a lot of damage, like the medical cards,” a party TD said. Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney and Jobs Minister Richard Bruton had to defend the introduction of water charges. Meanwhile, the Department of Finance admitted that wealthy pensioners will get a double handout – worth up to €150 a year – to help with their water bills, while many poorer families get nothing at all. Well-off pensioners will be entitled to claim tax relief worth around €50 on their water bills, as well as getting a €100 social welfare top-up. But elderly people on the basic state pension will only get €100 towards their water bills. And under the plans announced on Budget Day, 200,000 low-income and unemployed families will get nothing at all. However, last night a spokesperson for Tanaiste Joan Burton told the Irish Independent: “All households will receive support in meeting the cost of water services.” He could not outline how this would be achieved, but said that Government was examining its options. Fianna Fail environment spokesman Barry Cowen described the water charges rebates as “a cock-up by the government” and he accused them of cobbling the relief measures together over the weekend. The new water relief measures announced in the budget include a 20pc tax break on up to €500 worth of water costs – meaning taxpayers can claim up to €100 back on their bill. However, households which don’t earn enough to be in the tax net won’t get this rebate. Long-term social welfare recipients who qualify for the Household Benefits Package – including all people over 70 – or the Fuel Allowance will get a water services support payment worth €100 a year to help pay the new water charge That move will benefit 653,000 households, including pensioners, people with disabilities and carers – but it excludes those on short-term social welfare payments. Pensioners who have a taxable income and qualify for the Households Benefit Package by virtue of being over 70 will be entitled to both the tax-break on water charges and social welfare top-up. A Department of Social Protection official said there would be difficulties in separating the tax and social welfare rebates to ensure some pensioners didn’t benefit on the double. Dr Sean Healy of Social Justice Ireland said the water charges measures highlighted how the budget was widening the gap between rich and poor. “Some of the biggest benefits will go to people who are far wealthier, while others get little or no assistance to pay this charge,” he said. Age Action Ireland said that their concern was with “the many low-income pensioners who even with the €100 water payment, will still be paying €2 to €3 per week for their water next year.” Irish Independent
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