Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I honestly do not understand this amendment and it does not speak about the luxury use of water but only about domestic swimming pools. The excessive usage charge is there to capture people using an amount of water above what would be the usage per household and we went through the numbers and what it would cover. If the Deputy thinks the excessive usage charge or allowance is so generous that it would cover people's swimming pools, how can the Deputy claim that it is water charges through the back door? Why is he talking about swimming pools? He does not talk about luxury features or people washing their cars or watering their gardens. I do not understand the amendment and I cannot accept it.