That’s what I would assume as well. I would be curious to know how much in taxes it costs each person, but they probably don’t get that level of detail in their tax breakdown and progressive tax structures probably mean some people pay proportionally more than others. Just doing a quick look ~80% of water public utilities are provided by Irish Water, a government run utility program. In the 2025 budget they had €2.2 billion in funding for projects and €2.5 billion for water service. Ireland has a population of ~5.4 million people so the monthly per capita cost would be ~€72 per month in taxes.
It would be paid through taxes, just because people don’t get a bill specifically for a certain service or utility they assume it’s free.
Noone thinks that.
OP did literally just say that though
That’s what I would assume as well. I would be curious to know how much in taxes it costs each person, but they probably don’t get that level of detail in their tax breakdown and progressive tax structures probably mean some people pay proportionally more than others. Just doing a quick look ~80% of water public utilities are provided by Irish Water, a government run utility program. In the 2025 budget they had €2.2 billion in funding for projects and €2.5 billion for water service. Ireland has a population of ~5.4 million people so the monthly per capita cost would be ~€72 per month in taxes.