No domestic water charges before 2012 election
Mr Gormley said the cost of the proposed charges to each household is not yet known. But he insisted it will “not be anything close to” the widely predicted figure of €400 per year, a calculation that was based on his previous claim that they would raise €1 billion annually from the scheme.
The charges were a key demand of the Green Party for their support of Fianna Fáil in the revised Programme for Government.
