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Everyone’s talking about…
Water, and who pays for it… The Budget is disappearing rapidly in the rearview mirror of Irish politics.
Communications problems at Irish water were at the centre of a massive row between Sinn Féin’s Mary Lou McDonald and Tánaiste Joan Burton in the Dáil yesterday afternoon.
It’s after it emerged Wicklow County Council have sent letters to tenants who are part of the government’s Rental Accommodation Scheme, essentially threatening them with eviction if they don’t register and pay their water charges.
Speaking on Morning Ireland today, a Sinn Féin councillor in Wicklow described the move as a “bullyboy tactic”.
But, speaking to this website yesterday, an official in the Council’s housing section said they were simply following advice issued by Irish Water.
The row comes amid further criticism of the controversial semi-state company over communication problems.
Meanwhile, TDs are still resorting to Twitter to raise constituents’ concerns over water services…
The agenda
We’ve a Friday sitting in the Dáil today. TDs will be back in the chamber for work on the Social Clauses in Public Procurement Bill and the Ombudsman for Children (Amendment) Bill 2014.
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What the others are saying…
In case you missed it…
On the Twitter machine…
His man beat them in a by-election last week … you’d think Ming would leave poor Fianna Fáil alone…
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