Teribus i am afraid you are MIS INFORMED.Firstly Iam not personally affected I have a private well.
water rates were abolished some years ago but that government put up VAT, SO they still had the same amount of evenue coming in. you say "apparantly" presumably you are recycling the official propoganda of the government that is mis information. the irish government are desperately trying to get revenue not to maintain the water supply but to pay back a debt caused by the collapse of the anglo irish bank, because they refused to burn the wealthy bomd holders such people as gold berg sachs. teribus you are a misinformed peddler of state propoganda.