‘Water charges will be known before May poll’

The country’s 1.6m households will know how much they can expect to pay in water charges before next May’s local elections, the Taoiseach has told the Dáil.

Households will face water charges from October, with the first bil

Mr Kenny said the Irish Water business model would be published before the May 23 elections and it would take into account how much free water households would be entitled to.