TDs raise concerns over PPS numbers

Concern that Irish Water could pressure landlords to hand over former tenants’ PPS numbers has led TDs to demand an intervention by the Data Protection Commissioner.

Independent TD and anti-water charges campaigner Catherine Murphy said such a move would smack of “Big Brother” attitudes to personal information by the utility.

Former minister Roisin Shortall also condemned any such move to trace tenants who may have moved on from properties.