8604 Banks and Enel

The worst of all possible worlds. A post combining these two paragons of efficiency. But here goes.
I was thinking of closing my Italian bank account, and transferring the Enel direct debit to my Irish bank, which is happy to make (at the moment, anyway) international transfers without charge. My two questions are:
1) Is it relatively straightforward to close an account, and are there any charges for the privilege? and
2) Will Enel be able to cope with rearranging a direct debit a) at all and b) with an Irish (Euro) bank?

I'd be very grateful to hear any thoughts on this.