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New Council Tenants to be left in the cold

Issued : Friday 1 February, 2008
Areas : Newbridge

Deputy Jack Wall has called on the HSE and the Ministers for Health and Environment along with Kildare County Council to immediately investigate the concerns that the new Council Residents of Rickardstown , Newbridge have in relation to getting their heating turned on.

The residents, many of whom are in receipt of Social Welfare Payments, have to pay a Bond of €500 to Bord Gais, to allow for the switching on of the gas Heating in their new homes. Deputy Wall has been contacted by new residents who simply cannot afford to pay such a bond and now they face the situation of living in a brand new Council home without any form of heating.

Deputy Wall continued "Many of these residents are in receipt of Social Welfare Payments which as we all know simply does not allow them afford such a large Bond as is the one that is required by Bord Gais. It is imperative that we allow these families develop new homes for themselves and a compromise must be reached with Bord Gais in this situation. We do not want a situation where these new residents, many of them with young families have to live in such conditions, in many cases they have waited many years to get their Council homes and begin their new family life, it is important that everything is done to allow them achieve this new start." Concluded Deputy Wall.