Irish Water

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Irish Water
Statutory Corporation
Industry Water industry
Founded 27 July 2013 (registered as a company)
Headquarters Dublin, Ireland
Key people
 John Tierney (Managing Director), Alan Kelly (Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government)
Website water.ie

Irish Water Ltd. is a water utility company in Ireland. The company was created by the Irish Government through the Water Services Act (2013), which formally created Irish Water as a subsidiary of Bord Gáis,[1][2] to provide "safe, clean and affordable water and waste water services" to water users in Ireland.[3] Water and wastewater services were previously provided by local authorities in Ireland.

Public concerns on operational,[4] documentation,[5][6] company responsiveness,[7] data security,[8][9] financial[10] and perceived wasteful spending issues[11] were highlighted throughout the initial months of the subsidiary's operations.[12] Together with privatisation fears,[13] these public concerns resulted in a significant volume of unreturned application forms,[14] large nationwide protests[15] and significant pressure on company management and the government.[16][17]

Irish Water is accountable to two regulatory bodies, the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER) who is the economic regulator for the water industry, and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) which is the environmental regulator.[18]

References

  1. ↑ "Water Services Act 2013". Irishstatutebook.ie. 2013-03-20. Retrieved 2014-07-31.
  2. ↑ "Irish Water to be Bord Gais Eireann subsidiary". Business Post. 17 April 2012.
  3. ↑ "About Bord Gáis - Bord Gáis". Bordgais.ie. 2014-01-01. Retrieved 2014-07-31.
  4. ↑ Alison Comyn (2014-07-16). "Residents' rage after paths are ripped up". Independent.ie. Retrieved 2014-07-31.
  5. ↑ Andrews, Kernan (2014-07-24). "Healy questions Irish Water letter demanding bank account details". Advertiser.ie. Retrieved 2014-07-31.
  6. ↑ Pattison, Brynmor (2014-07-14). "Irish Water: Forms will require householders' PPS numbers and more - Irish Mirror Online". Irishmirror.ie. Retrieved 2014-07-31.
  7. ↑ "Irish Water Bosses Now Quizzed On ‘Toxic Brand’". Evening Echo. 30 October 2014.
  8. ↑ "Data breach investigated after Irish Water discloses bank details". Irish Times. 21 October 2014.
  9. ↑ "Search for Irish Water data boss begins". Irish Examiner. 30 October 2014.
  10. ↑ "Irish Water: We’ll cut controversial bonuses - but only by 4pc". Irish Independent. 30 October 2014.
  11. ↑ "Irish Water spent €50m despite order to use Bord Gais expertise". Independent.ie. 2014-01-13. Retrieved 2014-07-31.
  12. ↑ Paul Melia and Sarah Stack (2014-07-17). "No one wants to pay the fees, admits Irish Water boss". Independent.ie. Retrieved 2014-07-31.
  13. ↑ "Greens call for referendum to block Irish Water privatisation". Irish Times. 27 October 2014.
  14. ↑ "What the Irish Water protests have brought to Irish politics". Irish Independent. 3 November 2014. one million people in the country have refused to return application forms to Irish Water
  15. ↑ "Water protests: From a torrent to a tsunami - the anger that will not subside". Irish Examiner. 3 November 2014.
  16. ↑ "Irish Water: We’re sorry". The Journal. 3 November 2014.
  17. ↑ "How the world saw Ireland’s water charge protests". The Irish Times. 11 December 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  18. ↑ "CER Role ("Working with the EPA")". Commission for Energy Regulation. Retrieved 8 August 2014.

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