Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

-----has overtaken what we all know deep down to be the right decision for the Irish people, and the correct decision long-term. When a previous Government - not lead by Fine Gael - signed up to the European water framework directive, they did not just sign up to some silly European law. They signed up to principles which make sense. Metering makes sense, because that is how leaks are identified and how conservation is promoted. Charging people for excess use of water makes sense because that is the fairest way to pay and-----

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