Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 6 February 2018
623. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the legal position for homeowners who wish to sell their homes and who have not paid the domestic water charge, in view of the abolition of domestic water charges in 2017. [5745/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Water Services Act 2017 (No. 29 of 2017), which was enacted on 17 November 2017, reflects the recommendations of the report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services, which was published in April 2017 and approved by both Houses of the Oireachtas.
The Act provides for the discontinuance of domestic water charges for dwellings as set out in the Water Services Act 2014 and for the refund of domestic charges paid by customers. It also repealed section 3A of the Water Services Act 2014, which provided that upon the sale of a property, a certificate of discharge was required from Irish Water to show that the relevant water charges had been paid. This repeal is provided for in section 5(1)(b)(ii) of the 2017 Act.
