Paudie Coffey (Waterford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

-----that they would not have to pay those charges. That is folly and it is unfair to the public they were advising. We need to be straight with people and advise them correctly, in line with the law of the land. Those people were quickly deserted and left with penalties and fines. I do not want to see that happening again with regard to water charges.

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