Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party) | Oireachtas source

He said up to €175 million might constitute the net income next year from water charges if there were 100% compliance. The Government should forget it. It will face a mass national non-payment campaign that will put Captain Boycott in the shade. The Tánaiste had better get wise to the anger being expressed. It will not be reconciled by the Government’s paltry concessions in the budget.

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