Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I was at a public meeting last night in Dundalk and I heard speaker after speaker say from the floor that they cannot pay this. They included women with small children, elderly people and people living on their own. They are dealing with the reality that they will get water dependent on their wealth and they will get water if they can set aside some other bill. The Minister for Finance said that the water charges are modest while the Taoiseach also said there is no bonus culture. I do not accept his statement that the company cannot be privatised. On 1 November in every county and in as many towns as possible, there will be demonstrations calling on the Government to scrap these water charges.

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