Caít Keane (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Not everybody will come under the same category. Not everybody will be charged the same and this section provides for that. We dealt with the issue in section 16 of how Irish Water will decide what it will do if someone does not pay. It states clearly that when a customer fails to pay a charge under the section it shall be recoverable as a simple contract debt in any court or competent jurisdiction. If a person cannot afford to pay then free legal aid is available if a person wants to go down that route but, as the Minister of State said, the system is totally transparent.