Mick Barry (Cork North Central, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

We will see the colour of their money on that when the legislation is tabled in a month's time.

The anti-water charges campaign has given street politics a massively increased credibility in Irish society. Governments are now nervous of the people rather than the people being nervous of the Government. That is the way it should be. The aftershock of the anti-water charges protest will last for many years to come. Already, the spirit of the protests is evident in the workplaces where workers campaigning for pay justice are taking a stand and fuelling the strikes of recent times. Politically, this movement has increased opposition and suspicion of the big two, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael. It has boosted the rise of the radical left and it clearly shows the need for a far bigger level of real representation for working people in this House.

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