Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am not talking about poverty proofing but about changing a culture. Clearly, I would be concerned about low-income families. We keep taking money out of the pockets of a lot of these families. This is an environmental issue. It is about changing a culture and people being very careful about their water usage. This is not about poverty proofing. The idea of a free allowance is to allow people to live within that allowance and not end up with a bill because they have done exactly what the Government wants them to do, which is not waste water.