Caít Keane (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Regardless of income, everyone must be aware of their responsibility to the environment. For sustainable development for our children, we must realise water is a finite commodity and we cannot give it for free to everyone who cannot afford to pay. What does that do for the environment? There will have to be a facility built into the ability-to-pay provision for those who use more water because of medical conditions or illness - for example, a child who may require four baths a day because of the need to change bandages due to a condition. If one is going to cut it off on a financial basis-----