Seanad debates
Thursday, 16 July 2015
Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage
10:30 am
Michael Mullins (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
Why should the 675,000 pay more? It would be unfair and unbalanced. This Government inherited one unholy mess but it has made a fine job of getting the economy back on track and moving again. There should be a little support shown for Irish Water. People should not be misled as well. Senator Ó Clochartaigh and the Fianna Fáil Party told people not to pay the septic tank charge. As a result some people ended up paying €50 rather than €5 for registering having been told they would not have to pay the charge. What will happen with water charges is everyone is going to pay. Maybe they will not have to pay immediately but at some stage everyone is going to have to pay. There is no point in postponing the inevitable.
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