‘Firms to blame’ for high school water bills

PRIVATE companies have installed meters in schools and subsequently billed them for hefty water charges, Independent Senator Joe O’Toole claimed yesterday.

Speaking in the Seanad, he said it was extraordinary that “well-known companies” such as Celtic Anglican Water and Veolia, which runs the Luas, had taken responsibility for supplying water to schools.

“I have been a member of this House for 20 years and I cannot remember the House ever deciding to privatise our water or to give our water away to companies,” he said.