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Uisce Éireann, formerly and commonly known as Irish Water, is a state-owned water utility company in Ireland. It was created by the Irish Government in 2013 as a subsidiary of Bord Gáis. Water and wastewater services were previously provided by local authorities in Ireland. The company was renamed Uisce Éireann on 31 December 2022.
[citation needed] The EPA 2011 report on drinking water quality in Ireland indicated that there were 1,129 group water schemes, serving 7% of the public, covered by the Drinking Water Regulations because they serve more than 50 people or supply a commercial operation. 643 are public group schemes and 486 are private group water schemes.
Right2Water Ireland is supported by trade unions Unite the Union, the Communication Workers Union, the Civil and Public Services Union, MANDATE and Operative Plasterers and Allied Trades Society of Ireland (OPATSI), as well as political parties and politicians including Clare Daly and Mick Wallace, the Communist Party of Ireland, the Anti-Austerity Alliance, the People Before Profit Alliance ...
Thirty-fifth (Common Ownership of Water Resources) 2016: PMB: Greens: Second stage (lapsed) Public ownership mandated for the Irish water supply [84] Thirty-fifth (Public Ownership of Certain Assets) 2016: PMB: Labour (Willie Penrose) Second stage (lapsed) Public ownership mandated for the Irish water supply, gas network, and electricity grid [85]
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The water charges plan was included in the Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006, introduced by then secretary of state Peter Hain. In parallel, Northern Ireland Water Limited was created in April 2007. An anti-water charges campaign in 2007 resulted in the plans for water charges to be abandoned.
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The Irish Times said in April 2012 that the campaign had been "built with lightning speed." [7] On 1 May 2013, Gardaí arrested five members of the group, including Ted Tynan and Mick Barry, during a midday protest inside the Patrick Street branch of the Bank of Ireland in Cork city. Tynan said he felt a need to stand up against austerity. [4]