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Government to consider vote on ownership of water services .

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  • 20-11-2018 6:34pm
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    Johnnycanyon
    Registered Users Posts: 211 ✭✭


    And about time too! Bring it on so we can vote the owenership into the hands of the Irish people.


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    Guy:Incognito
    Registered Users Posts: 38,247 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    Johnnycanyon wrote: »
    And about time too! Bring it on so we can vote the owenership into the hands of the Irish people.

    If you want ownership then be a good owner and pay for it properly, in a structured, sustainable way. Not at the whim of whatever the government at the time decides to allocate it from tax take.


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    facehugger99
    Registered Users Posts: 7,215 ✭✭✭facehugger99


    Johnnycanyon wrote: »
    And about time too! Bring it on so we can vote the owenership into the hands of the Irish people.

    Yeah, that worked out great in the past didn't it.


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    kneemos
    Registered Users Posts: 20,408 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    Sell it to the Arabs.


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    Johnnycanyon
    Registered Users Posts: 211 ✭✭Johnnycanyon


    facehugger99 wrote: »
    Yeah, that worked out great in the past didn't it.

    Better we own it rather than some UK water company that would probably buy it,and end up making mega bucks on the backs of our citizens.


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    Johnnycanyon
    Registered Users Posts: 211 ✭✭Johnnycanyon


    Guy:Incognito wrote: »
    If you want ownership then be a good owner and pay for it properly, in a structured, sustainable way. Not at the whim of whatever the government at the time decides to allocate it from tax take.

    I have always paid for it, but bad management over the years have left it in the state it is in now.Hopefully the water company will sort it out now!


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    kneemos
    Registered Users Posts: 20,408 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    Johnnycanyon wrote: »
    Better we own it rather than some UK water company that would probably buy it,and end up making mega bucks on the backs of our citizens.


    Heard on the radio this morning thirteen billion is needed to fix water services.

    One or one and a half million or whatever it is houses on the mains I don't see anybody making any kind of bock's out of it,never mind mega bucks.


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    Guy:Incognito
    Registered Users Posts: 38,247 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    kneemos wrote: »
    Sell it to the Arabs.

    They're only interested in sand apparently


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    n97 mini
    Registered Users Posts: 8,295 ✭✭✭n97 mini


    It's already fully publicly owned and maintained, with massive duplication between councils and Irish Water.

    Keep it in public ownership, sure, but it doesn't matter a damn who maintains it. Anything would be an improvement on the current situation in that regard.


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    Atoms for Peace
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,888 ✭✭✭Atoms for Peace


    Maybe we could also have a vote on ownership of the telecoms infrastructure.


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    Spanish Eyes
    Registered Users Posts: 15,865 ✭✭✭✭Spanish Eyes


    Well if everyone pays including social housing recipients and private renters I might consider a charge. But I will not be compliant with a large swathe of people not paying just because they are on payments from the State ie me and others paying for them too either.

    Happened with the property tax, not going to happen again for me anyway. So there!


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    Berserker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,046 ✭✭✭Berserker


    Spanish Eyes wrote: »
    Well if everyone pays including social housing recipients and private renters I might consider a charge.

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