Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Socialist Party) | Oireachtas source

I have a lot of points to which I wish to respond that have arisen in the course of the debate. It was good to see the pat on the back from Fine Gael for the Minister to thank him for not going on a different path. The Labour Party could have but it decided to go along the Fine Gael path to implement the water charges in contravention of their mandate.

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