Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I call on people to come out, demonstrate and show the Government that what happened in Dublin recently was not a one-off.

Regardless of what the Taoiseach says about Fianna Fáil, Deputy Doherty spelt out in Sinn Féin's alternative budget how this could be paid for, but all the time the Taoiseach has repeatedly missed the point on this issue. The people have had tax upon tax, charge upon charge, punitive measure upon punitive measure imposed on them and, at the same time, they have had cuts in health services, child benefit, carer's allowance and elderly citizens' entitlements. This is a cut too far and people cannot afford it. I ask the Taoiseach to please accept and acknowledge that and to do something decisive about it. He should stop the imposition of water charges and deal with this as it should be dealt with.

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