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

We know why that is. It is because it is open to interpretation by the courts. The power is taken from here to the courts to decide what is possible and what is not. I must say that there are no proposals of which I am aware, from any party in this House, to privatise Irish Water. I understand people want the referendum to give them a reassurance that this will not happen, but we must note that there is no proposal from any party in the House to privatise Irish Water. That is an important point in this context.

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