Up water limit for big families: TDs

Households with large families or with sick or elderly residents should be given certain exemptions to water charges due in 2014, an Oireachtas committee has recommended.

It said further consideration should be given to proposed water allowances per household, because this could discriminate against big families or people who need extra supplies for medical or health reasons.

The Government has argued that the introduction of water charges will lead to more “careful and prudent use of precious resources”.