Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

So three sources of funding are now being used to pay for Irish Water: money from the Central Fund, which is obtained by means of taxation, is used; two thirds of the €439 million subvention - approximately €250 million - is being paid out of motor tax receipts; and a smaller amount is going to be paid by people via water rates. People already have a problem with paying on the double - via taxation and water rates - for water services. If they discover that they are paying on the treble as a result of the fact that their motor tax is also going to be used to pay for Irish Water, they will-----