SlugBreath
Registered User
- Messages
- 422
We are two adults living alone with our children moved on. Do we still have to give our PPS number to get the water allowance or will the allowance be automatically allocated to the house?
Yes.Will I be able to read my meter that is in the ground on the public footpath.
They won't be.I hope that our monthly bills are itemised as to weekly usage.
Seriously, are people really going to be counting litres? Although I'm opposed to metered water charges in principle, it's actually really cheap . . just put half a red brick into each cistern in your house and give your parsnips a drink.I grow my own vegetables. Last night I needed to put a fair bit of water on these as they were wilting from the recent dry spell. It would be nice to know if I had "spare" water in my allowance so I can treat my veggies now and again.
it will be very expensive now for people to keep holiday homes or second homes in Ireland what with the €160 euro a year for water/sewage charges+ property taxes + ground rents for electricity and gas +house insurance, I reckon there will be another tsunami of houses coming on to the market very soon. It's all great news for the economy and will help stop the current spiral in house prices getting out of control
Seriously, are people really going to be counting litres?
Don't know, but I personally have the PPS numbers of at this stage a large amount of people. (PRTB for landlords requires this) I've accumulated quite a lot of data on people.
ESB can charge even if no units used so it is better to use some rather than none as a minimum charge kicks in (to pay for the availability of the service)
Yes.They won't be.Seriously, are people really going to be counting litres? Although I'm opposed to metered water charges in principle, it's actually really cheap . . just put half a red brick into each cistern in your house and give your parsnips a drink.
as far as i know the reason for the esb charges you refer to is that the esb own the network and most of the infrstructure. the gas company just buy electricity wholesale and then retail it to us. i think it was an arrangement all the electricity and gas suppliers came to with the dept of energy and the regulator. someone might know what charges the esb or electric ireland charge if they supply gas to a customer.Bord Gais charge just the standing charge if no electricity units are used, so unlike the ESB they don't fleece their customers for non usage.
I suppose you're right. Although less than €2 per day for all water needs of four adults doesn't seem excessive to me . . that said it think that they should have fixed the leaking mains pipes rather than digging up half the country and creating this whole usage-less-allowance bill nonsense.Er, yes, michaelm, and I don't think it is "really cheap". As a pair of pensioners on low income (no big Irish pension) with 2 students over 18 in the house, based on the water we use at present we would be paying over €600 a year.
As it happens I'm just finishing off my landlord tax returns so I have my PRTB file with me. Going back to the 2005 form:The PTRB are allowed to keep PPS numbers -but the forms the tenants fill in are surely for the PTRB and not for landlords to retain the data. I would have thought that retaining PPS details is breaking the data protection regulations ?
I don't see Landlords mentioned on this list http://www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/Personal-Public-Service-Number-Register-of-Users.aspx
If I do NOT wish to claim Water Allowances...why does a water utility need my PPS numbers?
When Irish Water is privatised, will the new owners then get my PPS number?
My water bill is €70 with an included household allowance of 200,000 litres. Between today and last April when my meter was last read, I have only used 15,000 litres. I am not stingy on the water either.
.