NEW UPDATED VERSION : 14 Jan 2015 Water charges... for all those who are undecided : To Pay or Not to Pay .. that is the question.. If you DO pay .. 1) Expect bills to at least treble in the next 2 to 5 years 2) Expect to be on metered rates within 3 years 3) Expect to be TOLD how much water you can use ! 4) Expect to be dealing with a fully privatised company with no regards for your means, welfare, health, family or home. 5) Expect no mercy when you fall into debt over your water bills 6) Expect to be charged for waste water and everything else that goes down the plughole and into the sewers. 7) Expect to pay for the significant cost of not just the meter but the installation costs as well. 8) Expect to pay for the costs of repairing a leaking mains pipe if it happens on your side. 9) Expect to pay for all rain water that flows off your roof and down the drain into the sewers. 10) Expect yearly increases in water and waste charges (which you have no control over.) IF you DONT pay .. 1) You WONT go to jail 2) You WONT get money taken from wages 3) You WONT get money taken from benefits 4) Your credit rating WONT be affected 5) Your water will NOT be turned off 6) Your water supply will NOT be reduced. 7) Irish Water will get no money and go bust ! 8) Water Charges will be history ! Now.. which sounds more appealing, which sounds more scary.. Still undecided ? Be more scared of what will happen if you do pay water charges than if you dont ! because thats where the real danger is ! A future where we cant even afford our own water ! Only 20% of people have signed up so if you dont, you are on the winning side and you will be able to tell your children and grand-children that you fought to keep their water in public hands, safe away from the greedy corporations. The meters themselves are low grade and will only last a max of 15 years before they have to be replaced, 1 in 5 are leaking already or are sinking. They can be tampered with easily which puts you at risk of harm, and they omit harmful radiation, and our water will be going through it. It has also bee uncovered that these meters can be read by other agencies that you have no control over !! You unit is sealed at the moment, it will no longer be. Dont fret if they put it in against your wishes, it can be whipped out again very easily by the meter fairies in your area, as is happening all over Ireland. Still just a tiny bit afraid of going against the government, afraid they might bring in new laws to get it from you ?? If you are one of these then why not just stash the money you would be paying away and wait and see what happens. The penalties are small and by the time they would be enforced, there will be general election here and only the party that says it will abolish Irish Water will get in and it will not matter. But lets not rely on that, non-payment will finish them off, the people will win the day ! You cannot get fined by a private company, they have to take you to court and they will not want to do that as they know that they are breaking various laws, ie - The Aarhus Convention, 5 Irish Laws and 5 EU laws to do with monopoly (which is what IW is, as you have no other choice, which is why it will eventually be opened up to other water companies to come in and privatised, then they basically charge you what they want) !!!! DO we want this ? NO. They are also breaking the law in Section 2 of the Family Law Protection Act, which states no-one can either come on to your dwelling without permission, nor do anything to it that you do not want. The term dwelling is used by IW when talking of meter installation, so really we could take them to court. Knowledge is POWER people so lets use it !! BY THE WAY, WE WILL WIN THIS !!! Dublin Says No, & Suzanne Daly. Robbie Kearns.
Posted on: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 21:10:35 +0000
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