Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Minister, Deputy Coveney, spoke about the need for time for a rational debate. We have been talking about this since 2009, when Fianna Fáil and the Green Party first tried to introduce it, and we have spoken about it consistently since. In our view, the time for that debate is over and it is time to decide. The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy O'Donohoe, spoke about the opportunity cost. He seems to forget that the European Commission and EUROSTAT have ruled that Irish Water is on-balance sheet.

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