Irish Water has advertised for a debt collection agency, despite payments being suspended for nine months SAM BOAL/ROLLINGNEWSPaul Murphy, the Anti-Austerity Alliance TD, has warned of “mass organised non-payment and protests” if Irish Water hires a debt collection agency to chase overdue payments. He was responding to tender appliation by the national utility to hire a debt collection agency, despite the government suspending charges until next year. A tender published on Friday called for the recovery of business debt and, depending on government policy, the eventual pursuit of overdue domestic water charges. Residential charges were suspended for nine months from July while a commission was set up to examine how Ireland should fund its water services.

Source: The Times October 09, 2016 23:03 UTC