Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The Taoiseach said he had listened to the people. Had he done so, the Government would not have been back-pedalling for the past two months. It would have abolished the water charges and consigned Irish Water to the dustbin of history, where it belongs. It is a structure that will not work properly and if the Taoiseach does not abolish it, somebody else will. It is not fit for purpose. It was structured without consultation with local authorities; it has spent a fortune on consultants and was a waste of money.

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