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

-----like they continue to refuse to invest in health, education, housing and child care. What does the Right2Water movement want? We want a world-class water service, funded through general taxation and provided on the basis of need rather than ability to pay. If one supports those principles, he or she should vote for the motion from the Right2Water Deputies tonight. If one does not support it, believing that water should be treated as a commodity and people should pay for water today, tomorrow or in the future, and if he or she is willing to take the risk of increased water poverty, that Deputy should side with the Government or Fianna Fáil. I am not supporting the Government motion because I stand by the principles of Right2Water. Abolish the charge, abolish the existing entity, hold a referendum to enshrine the public ownership of water in the Constitution and do what people voted for in the election, which is to abolish an unjust charge.

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