Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

-----and it should not continue. Irish Water is a new utility to provide a facility for consumers, businesses and future development with high standards, efficiency in terms of leaks and delivery, and capacity for the future. It stands to reason. I meet companies that come to me and say we need X million litres per day. We cannot have up to 40% of the taxes people pay leaking into the ground. It is not viable and it has gone on for the past 35 years. It is time to put a stop to it.

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