Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour) | Oireachtas source

They sell the absolute lie that people can have everything they want for absolutely nothing. The citizens of Ireland know full well that this is not the case.

Have those in opposition considered the fact that virtually all social-democratic, left-wing governments throughout Europe have some form of water payment? Even countries such as Cuba have water charges. I am quite sure that those in Syriza in Greece, the supposed heroes of the left in Europe, are not proposing to abolish water charges. Let us watch the biggest climb-down in modern European history unfold in front of our eyes in Greece.

See this speech in context