' Shameful' Eircom to impose bill changes
EIRCOM is set to impose a minimum payment for bills at post offices around the country, a move one local TD has described as ' shameful' as it will have a significant impact on pensioners and those on low incomes.
Fianna Fáil's Deputy Darragh O'Brien said the ' crazy' new rule was said to be introduced in September whereby the phone company would not be accepting payments of less than € 20 off customers' bills at post offices.
' This is totally unnecessary and will impose a financial pressure on those on pensions and other social welfare benefits,' Deputy O'Brien said. ' There are over 370,000 people in receipt of pension payments from the State, many of those older people will be Eircom customers.
' This plan will have a detrimental impact on thousands, if not tens of thousands of those Eircom customers. Many people in receipt of State benefits collect them at the post office and then pay some money off their bills.
' This new plan by Eircom, which has not been widely publicised by the company, will come as a surprise to many. I want it stopped before it's even in effect.'
