Payments of Irish Water bills plummet by half

Bill payments to Irish Water plummeted by almost 50% in April and May.

According to latest figures released by the utility, customers paid €18.3m during the fifth billing cycle. This is down from €33.4m for the previous quarter — a drop of 45%. The planned nine-month suspension of domestic water charges was announced by the Government as the fifth bill was issuing to customers.

Irish Water said 989,000 customers have “paid some or all of their domestic water charges over the first five bill cycles”, with 14,000 paying for the first time during the latest billing period.