David Cullinane (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

We still have not got back a single cent of all that taxpayers' money that was poured into the banks to again benefit the wealthy, the speculators and the bankers, yet the citizens of this State are being faced with more cuts, taxes and the introduction of water charges. I want to take this opportunity to call on the Leader to again ask the Minister of State with responsibility for the Irish Water, Deputy O'Dowd, to come into the House to discuss the whole issue of water charges. What we are getting from the Government at the moment is leak after leak, pardon the pun. That is all we are getting. We were told the standing charge will be €100 and now we hear it will be €50. The citizens of this State deserve to know the truth and to know it in advance of the local and European elections in order that when they go to the polls they will know exactly who they are voting for, what they are voting for and what charges will be in store for them after the elections.