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Infrastructure and Water (see warning in post #1)

Sam Russell · 2017-07-24 20:32:09

I wonder how many of those complaining about the burst water pipe were the ones campaigning against water charges? Mod: Warning - this is to just discuss the water infrastructure deficit shown by the leak in Drogheda.

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#32 01-08-2017 12:17pm
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CatInABox wrote: »

There's got to be increased expenditure on water infrastructure over the next ten or twenty years, not just to repair what's there, but to also expand the current system to deal with Ireland's inevitable population growth. Where is that money going to come from?

The taxes of all those new people who come to Ireland to live and work!

There really isn't any particular reason why water infrastructure can't continue to be paid for out of direct taxation, as most infrastructure is.

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