***ALL THINGS IRISH WATER/WATER CHARGE RELATED POST HERE***

Iwasfrozen wrote: »

So how many people turned up? 100k?

Nationally, a lot more than that

Perhaps 180-200k nationally.

VinLieger wrote: »

Nobody is pro water charges, of course I don't want to pay for water or anything else I just have enough cop on to understand that we have to otherwise in 10-20 years we will all be on boil water notices and living with third world standards of water infrastructure.

Have heard this been stated a lot of times, But can someone please point out or provide me with a link to a specific plan of action /a charter of work actually outlining Irish waters infrastructure improvement plans ,something in writing giving places ,times and dates where work will actually start And Not these vague statements been banned around by them and the Government saying the money will be used for this and that ,
LOOKING FOR HARD COLD FACTS..

Otherwise I think Mick Wallace is right in saying it's a lot of money just to set up a billing service.

hmmm wrote: »

Even taking your vastly inflated figures at face value, that means 4.3 million people got on with their normal Saturday. The people have spoken.

There aren't 4.3 million bill payers or houses in Ireland.

VinLieger wrote: »

Nobody is pro water charges, of course I don't want to pay for water or anything else I just have enough cop on to understand that we have to otherwise in 10-20 years we will all be on boil water notices and living with third world standards of water infrastructure.

What on earth has that to do with whether or not Mary Lou was entitled to march? Don't bother answering, tbh I could care less what Mary Lou gets up to.

I've news for you. You are almost certainly not more intelligent than 100,00 who marched. They understand water processing has to be funded. Their difficulty lies in O'Brien , Cronies and Subterfuge in the setting up of I.W. They have difficulty understanding why a disabled person with adult college going children gets the same allowance as a single millionaire....
Whole setup is rotten to the core and Enda and Co got it seriously wrong when they thought it would be swallowed

ROCKMAN wrote: »

Have heard this been stated a lot of times, But can someone please point out or provide me with a link to a specific plan of action /a charter of work actually outlining Irish waters infrastructure improvement plans ,something in writing giving places ,times and dates where work will actually start And Not these vague statements been banned around by them and the Government saying the money will be used for this and that ,
LOOKING FOR HARD COLD FACTS..

Otherwise I think Mick Wallace is right in saying it's a lot of money just to set up a billing service.

The current system of completely separated LA's looking after their own patches is not helping the national infrastructure it only makes sense to bring all maintenance and planning under one roof which they are still in the process of doing. We are up to losing 40% of whatever is pumped through the pipes with the current system, maybe nothing will change with the new system but the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over again and expecting different outcomes so lets at ;east try something new yeah?

BoJack Horseman wrote: »

Nationally, a lot more than that

Perhaps 180-200k nationally.

How many people turned up to the Dublin protest? 100k? It was about 70k the last time, I assume it's grown.

gladrags wrote: »

Levy the financial institutions,namely the banks,to fund the modernisation of the supply system.

Is your answer to everything to load taxes onto someone else? Why should anyone else (banks or otherwise) have to pay for the water you use?

Cork crowd 5 to 7k. Less than half the 15k who marched against public pay cuts in 2009

People don't want to pay for water charges, but they don't want services or salaries cut either. Unless we start growing money trees it's not clear how we pay for anything.

BoJack Horseman wrote: »

Dept of Environ site has some white papers & objectives for long term stuff.

Like 20% leakage reduction etc..... But they've never had the cash to tackle it.

Anything from Irish Water ?

What I'm really asking is ..Is there anything in writing /Legislation that will /can force them to follow the certain path of action ,,And not just having them say they'll do this and that after they collect the money of course...

Well there's lots of questioning of the details of how many protested where, but if you take a step back I think it would be fair to say that the appetite for public protests on this issue have way exceeded expectations.

Highflyer13 wrote: »

+1

I'd like to see a high level project plan to see where my money is going to in the medium to long term. Dates, % of work completed, what needs to be done, and cost estimates for accountability and transparency.

This is the public sector we're talking about, of course you're not going to get that. Would you like to march in support of a protest to privatise IW and put some real targets in place, because I'd join you in that one?