David Cullinane (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The very families he spoke about then will be very conscious of all of the charges they are being asked to pay and of the fact that they are being asked to make a further sacrifice by paying water charges. While the Senator might not grasp the reality of that, I can assure him that his constituents, who have suffered enough and who have taken huge pain in the course of six austerity budgets, do. I make no apology for spelling out again all of the increased taxes, the additional charges and the cuts in services which have impacted on those families, the cumulative effect of which is that more people are living in poverty. When this water charge is added, more people will be pushed into poverty. The Senator might not get that but he can rest assured that his constituents do.