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‹ Order of Business Correction concerning water charges
Summary
Mary Lou McDonald seeks permission to clarify her earlier statement about water restrictions. She says reducing supply to a trickle is equivalent to cutting it off, prompting objections from Government Deputies before the Ceann Comhairle ends the exchange.
A Cheann Comhairle, are you going to give Deputy McDonald the opportunity to correct the record?
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I believe Deputy Dowds has asked if the Ceann Comhairle will afford me 20 seconds.
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I correct the record of the House to reflect that the Government and Tánaiste will reduce people's water to a trickle if they do not meet this-----
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-----which to my way of thinking is the equivalent of cutting off their water supply.
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Reducing people's water to a trickle - the point stands.