Mattie McGrath (Tipperary South, Independent)

With regard to the Water Services (Amendment) Bill, the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government stated on 26 January that the €50 charge was enshrined in primary legislation. In answering a question put by Deputy Michael Healy-Rae he said it would take a vote in the House to alter that charge. He also said that in his lifetime or in that of the Government he would not do this. Nevertheless, he came to my county of Tipperary-----

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