Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE) | Oireachtas source

The Tories are trying to bribe Stormont back into existence with promises of funding that they claimed previously did not exist. Striking public sector workers and fighting communities know that they are the ones who forced this climbdown. Without their struggles, this would not be happening. The penny-pinching Tories are trying to ensure that even this money comes with strings of austerity attached. They want the price of opening the purse strings to be the introduction of water charges. The DUP, Sinn Féin and the rest of the establishment parties in the North are likely to go along with the Tories unless they are forced back. I am sure the Taoiseach remembers the humiliation his Government suffered when it tried to introduce water charges in this jurisdiction. Will the Government show that it has learned the lessons of that experience? Will the Taoiseach warn his Northern Ireland counterparts that any attempt to introduce water charges will be a disaster for them and will face mass opposition and mass non-payment?

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