Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate the Deputy raising this matter and her interest in and commitment to the referendum. As indicated, the Minister is fully committed to supporting the referendum on public ownership of water, and I cannot emphasise that enough. The Minister's preferred approach, as outlined in the Irish Water transformation policy paper, is to bring forward proposals for a referendum on water ownership, in conjunction with the anticipated referendum proposal on housing. This plan remains on course and he will be working with colleagues across the Government to advance both referendum proposals in the near future.

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