Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I do not know how anybody on either side of the House could welcome a report or data that reflect people living at this level of economic distress or in poverty. I am sure we are all agreed that we do not want any citizen to live in poverty, yet that is the reality for many families across the State. It is perverse for the Tánaiste to suggest the introduction of another tax on something as fundamental and basic as water is somehow an assistance to these families.

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