Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The people involved are on the average industrial wage and include nurses and bus drivers, as well as those who already pay for water from their own wells or group supplies. I address this to Fianna Fáil also. These are the people Sinn Féin is asking to pay for the excessive use of water by the rich and careless. It does not matter how much water someone uses, it will be paid for through progressive taxation by income taxpayers. This is not a left-wing position to take, although Sinn Féin describes itself as a left-wing party.

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