Homeowners and long-term renters with harmful lead plumbing can now get a grant for the total cost of having it replaced, up to €5,000.
There is no safe level of lead and even a short length of lead pipework or lead plumbing fittings in a home can impact the health of people drinking the water, according to the World Health Organisation and HSE.
Ireland’s Environmental Protection Agency highlighted the continued threat lead pipes pose to human health in their 2021 Drinking Water Quality report published earlier this month.
