Brian Walsh (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

That has been extensively reported on. I will tell the House why they are doing that. They are doing it because they will be introducing a direct charge for water in Northern Ireland in the near future. Under that arrangement, the tenants of these properties in the North of Ireland will be paying directly. That is as the system should be. I would not object in any way to what Sinn Féin is doing in the North of Ireland. It is the correct process and the correct arrangement to have in place.

It seems, however, that the policies that are good for the North are only good for the North, and there is no united Ireland when it comes to policy-making. The only thing that Sinn Féin members in the North of Ireland see fit to transfer south of the Border are their sex offenders.

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