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IRISH WATER HAS confirmed that it is writing to councils to get information on tenants that have not returned their application packets.
The company says that it has taken the step to ensure that it has “up to date” information on all customers.
Members of Wicklow County Council were this week informed that the council had been asked for the information, something that Sinn Féin councillor John Brady said was “concerning”.
“At Monday’s council meeting it was brought to the attention of Councillors that Irish Water had written to all Local Authorities seeking access to information on all the councils tenants. I have deep concerns in relation to this request as both a public representative and also as a council tenant.
“I have stated publicly that I won’t be engaging with Irish Water or returning my registration pack giving my families details. So for the council to give my details or any other tenants details to Irish Water without their prior concent is totally wrong and in my opinion amounts to a breech of data protection”.
“I have asked for the council to get a legal opinion on this issue and not to give any information to Irish Water until the council is informed what the legal basis for the request is”.
In a statement to TheJournal.ie, Irish Water said that the measure is taken to ensure that their own database is up to date.
“During the customer application campaign, tenants have the opportunity to register as customers of Irish Water themselves. Many have been doing so.
Where a tenant has not registered with Irish Water, Irish Water will contact the property owner to give them the opportunity to provide the tenants name and ensure that the occupant receives the bill rather than the landlord.
“Irish Water has recently initiated this process with local authorities.
“Irish Water is committed to working closely with all customers to ensure we have the most up to date and accurate information.”
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One thing we can all be certain about is that in all matters that may embarrass the State or end up costing the State money the bottom line will be a meaningless apology, delivered by a politician who just needs to get past the awkward moment. We are very far from the Republican ideal that people gave their lives for unfortunately.
As a member of the JustuceStardust48, we also got a “apology” from the Sate, a very hollow one from the safety of Parliament. These apologies mean nothing if the Sate does not support the victims and their families in their quest for justice.
Expect more of the same meaningless bull from mehole. Sorry but.. more of the same bull we got of Leo the leak.. more sorry but.. Can we trust Tulsa with the paperwork? Will anyone ever be sacked for the leak? Will the victims get quick justice and compensation this year or in 10years ? Can we trust any of our 3 great leaders to man up and finely do something right. Now the victims will have to listen to the bumbling empty words of mehole later today Watched on by the empty face of lieHole and the jollyGreen goon.
I’m still searching for my aunts baby after 15 years,no hope now.They have locked us out.
FAKE APOLOGY FROM A UNELECTED LEADER
@Pauline Fedigan: we don’t elect a leader. We elect someone who elects on our behalf.
I think the Irish independent always gets a exclusive story before every taxpayer funded investigation is published. With no convictions possible both church and state bodies still have one question to answer. Where are these children buried?
Irish people living among us know the answer. Maybe someone will come forward after this investigation is published. Maybe the Gardaí could ‘double check’ that files weren’t hidden to protect institutions from victims. A couple of raids on council offices and church orders wouldn’t hurt.
Can we live with ourselves knowing the unmarked children’s graves are all around us. That housing estates may have being built on them. We can’t close this chapter in our history until we bury these children with simple Christian burial.
These government ministers are heartless with no feelings they think saying sorry is enough its not for the women who were treated so cruel
When you are apologising to those families that were destroyed by the laws of the land created by tds please berate the Catholic Church plus all the the tds who created the laws
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