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

Can the Taoiseach tell us what the water legislation will encompass? All we have so far are promises by Ministers that some legislation will, abhorrently, provide sanctions for those who cannot afford to pay the water charges or those who will never be reconciled to this new austerity tax. This country's landlords have more power over tenants than virtually any other country in the European Union.

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