Maurice Cummins (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That is more of that rubbish talk. There is also a property tax in Northern Ireland. Sinn Féin recently deferred the introduction of direct charging for water until 2016. I wonder why. The average domestic rates charge in Northern Ireland is £950 per household, which is far in excess of the equivalent in the South. The Sinn Féin policy of keeping Irish Water but abandoning water charges will add €850 million to the deficit.