Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Were Fianna Fáil serious about its manifesto commitments, it would support calling a vote on motion No. 30 on the Order Paper. After that vote, Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil could return to negotiations in the knowledge that the issue of water and water charges had been handled in a democratic, transparent and open fashion to the satisfaction of the people who sent us all to the Dáil.

Let me remind the Dáil that Sinn Féin prevented the privatisation of water in the North. We also stopped the introduction of domestic water charges. This is the precedent for our position and it works.

I do not have the time to take us through the serial scams and fiascoes that mark the history of Irish Water and the Minister, Deputy Kelly's legacy. It would take too long. Suffice it to say that nothing less than the abolition of Irish Water and the scrapping of water charges will do. This is the message that we were given. Fine Gael must accept it. Fianna Fáil must honour it.

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