Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

After eight weeks and five days - almost nine weeks - it would appear that the popular will of the people has finally broken through and forced Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil at least towards the idea that the will of the people should be respected and that this House should honour its democratic mandate on the issue of water charges.

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