I note your comments Sarenco.
So why did Minister Noonan say on the radio today that "Landlords would be ultimately responsible for the water charges if the tenant did not register or pay. His solution was for landlords to raise the rent to allow for this. You can only increase rent once a year.
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As a landlord:
If the tenant has not registered with Irish Water, Irish Water will contact the property owner to ensure that the responsible party (ie the tenant) receives the water bill. Irish Water will announce details of this shortly.
'Thank you for your email regarding your rented property. The tenant needs to apply for the allowances themselves, the landlord can not do so on their behalf.
Once the tenant registers the account in their name they are liable for the payments and any unpaid bills they will be liable for.
You will receive notification during the month of October to inform you whether or not they have registered.
You the landlord will only be liable if they fail to register and fail to pay the bill.
As regards the sale of the property in the event of an unpaid bill, the amount due will stay with the tenant who is liable and not the property.'
I have replied to them seeking clarification on the last statement as I do not understand how the tenant will be liable on the sale of the property if they never registered in the first place!
Its a shambles. However the local authorities seem to be forcing the issue to a head with the letters to their tenants.
This seems to contradict the statement that the landlord cannot give details of tenants to Irish Water for 'Data Protection' reasons. So I wonder how Irish Water contacting the property owner will ensure that the responsible party (ie the tenant) receives the water bill if they won't accept tenant details from Landlord
Incorrect, most councils are saying it has nothing to do with them
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/soci...tay-out-of-tenants-billing-disputes-1.1966840
Also the Irish Property owners association is saying the same thing.
Meath County Council has confirmed that it has written to all Rental Accommodation Scheme tenants advising them that they could face eviction if they do not pay their water charges.
The letter referred to the Tenants' Obligations to the Landlord in the Residential Tenancy Agreement.
On this new modern pheonoma of 'data protection'. I understood the only issue was around the PRSI number.
All Irish landlords have the PRSI numbers of their tenants (I mean of course legit landlords before anyone makes a comment)
We cannot divulge this to anyone other than the PRTB.
I have had no problem in the past giving my tenants details to the ESB and Bord Gais. I cannot remember now, but ESB is more helpful. I would do this when I change from a tenant to my name and then back to the new tenant. ESB just writes a letter to the new tenant, send me the bill and closes my liability. A fairly simple process.
With Irish Water, because I'm so cross with hanging on the phone and the stuff I've had to listen to from their incompetent and badly trained staff, plus the email non responses I've received, I will be doing as the IPOA has suggested and I'm not helping Irish Water one bit.
I've also helped the ESB out where a tenant has tried to do a runner. I give them either their new address or their workplace.
Exactly, that is why I sent a registered letter with my Tenants names and address matched to the application pack number to Irish Water. If they can get my details from the PRTB then they can get the Tenants including their PRSI number from the PRTB.
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