Scrapped €100 water grant is still being paid

A small number of people are still receiving the controversial €100 water conservation grant, despite the payment being scrapped more than a year ago.

The Department of Housing and Local Government confirmed the situation at the latest meeting of the Dáil’s public accounts committee yesterday.

Speaking during a four-hour meeting with the cross-party group as the ongoing water charges standoff between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil threatens to bring down the Government, officials said in 2015 that €89m was made available to pay for the grant. That was the year for the latest figures.