Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We want to be in a position to set out very clearly for people to understand that the costs involved are the costs required to provide the Irish consumer with a decent water supply and a platform for the future. It will deal with the comments such as that we are afraid to put out the business and financial model in advance of the local and European elections. Far from it. The people will be well aware of what is involved. The Government is conscious of what is involved. People have faced a lot of hardship and many challenges and this is the last imposition on them. We are 90% of the way with regard to taxation, cuts and charges and this is the last one. We will have that model out before the local and European elections.

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