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

It is good to see the Minister, Deputy Kelly, in the Chamber. We can have a fruitful debate in the coming hours on this amendment. Deputy O'Donovan made a contribution to the debate with his repetition in a rather sharp and pointed way of what the Government is effectively arguing, that is to say, that this a matter of urban versus rural, with urban Deputies and those on the left, etc., representing urban dwellers against those of Fine Gael, who are defending the rights of rural people, people who are not receiving water from the mains supply.

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