Fidelma Healy Eames (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I was checking. At the end of the day, actions will speak louder than words. This amendment would allow the forum to consider the issue of keeping water as a public resource. It will be given seven months to consider that issue. If the Minister does not have that power, I am concerned. I accept that he may wish to consult his Cabinet colleagues on this, but we will press the amendment. We cannot let anybody have the right to our water. We cannot allow a chink that would make further room for privatisation. That fear exists. The Minister's words matter, but he must act on them.