Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)

The Taoiseach has made a virtue of the fact that he will not touch income tax and it is clearly a matter of doctrine that the Government will not tax the very wealthy. It is fairly gung ho about imposing charge after charge on lower and middle income people. What will the charge be for the installation of meters? Will the Taoiseach give a guarantee that whatever way this scheme works, the Government will not countenance, in any circumstances, cutting off water supply to homes?

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