Article 10.1: “All natural resources … belong to the State *subject to all estates and interests therein for the time being lawfully vested in any person or body*”

Article 10.3: “Provision may be made by law for the management of the property which belongs to the State by virtue of this Article and for the control of the alienation, whether temporary or permanent, of that property”

So, no.

Emily

Yes. Correct the Constitution allows the state to do what it wants with the natural resourses of the country even where this is against the wishes of the Citizens form which the Government gets its powers.

I hope people remember this at the next election. This Government has introduced laws against the wishes of the people. But we wont. We will continue to vote for the ones who tells us they fix the potholes bit dont tell us they will charge us for doing it.

The water will remain the property of the state. It is the management and supply assets and responsibility for safe supply that will be privatised.

@Ben Gun If they control the flow they control the water….simple

Have you ever bothered to go out protesting about any issue Leonard ?

Yeah bill. Countless times. I’ve travelled the length and breath of the country when im not working.
I suggest you should do the same instead of making uneducated guesses.

There are unhealthy levels of fluoride in our water. Our water is the most contaminated in Europe. Its not drinking water.

I can remember walking to the well for water,even on a hot day it was ice cold and beautiful,coming out of pure sandstone rock,sixty years later its still the same.

I think what Paddy means is that water used in toilets, outside hoses is also treated the same as water out of taps, even though they don’t need the same treatment as drinking water, except the odd house dog which prefers toilet water

Even if it is just for toilets and showers, it still means you’d need 2 water distribution networks in parallel for the treated and untreated water (unless you have only one with untreated water and expect each building to have a water processing system, but that doesn’t sound like a way to save resources).

Fixing the multiple leaks in the existing network is probably a more efficient approach … It would most likely save at least as much clean water.

I agree that 2 pipes is too much work to fix it. The same problem applies to water sewerage. Rain water from the road drains is often mixed with sewerage from homes and all sent to the sewerage plants. This rain water should be separated and could be piped to the sea or rivers immediately

I totally agree we need to take responsibility. Those who wish to take our assets are capitalizing on societys laziness. Though the Bechtels are greedy power grabbing monsters they might do us a favor by waking us up to face the problems that are there. Privatization? No way. Fix the pipes and take responsibility? Absolutely.

Our taxes pay for treatment of our water, my water, well then I am going to stop paying my taxes and most certainly will not pay water charges because I can’t drink my water. Lime lime and more lime, washing machine breaking, kettles, showers getting destroyed. Oh and I presume this treatment of my water is the harmful fluoride they are putting into my water, fluoride has very bad effects on our health, I spoke with a TD recently who said that he has been onto the government about this we are nearly the only country still using fluoride in our water, I asked him how are the Irish government justifying continuing to put this on our water and he said ITS GOOD FOR OUR TEETH , my reply isn’t that what dentists are for. I suggest people who don’t know look up the result of consuming fluoride like this, NOT GOOD FOR US. I don’t drink my tap water and it ruins my appliances in my home and they want me to pay for it. Again the money collected will not be used to fund the water system it will be going into the black hole of debt. Don’t think otherwise.

Property Tax is being taken from source, they will do the same with water aswell….these people are out of control period.

We do it with our vote, I think SF will be getting my vote, if these water charges and property taxes and what ever other taxes they come up with in the future are brought in I will need someone to fight for my basic human right. What party leader put his life on the line to fight for people basic human right Gerry Adams, say what you like about what happened during that movement, all of which I cannot or never will agree with, he fought for people basic human rights through the only means possible at the time. Now he is on government I strongly believe he will do the same. We all know it is heading that way. I still have my reservations, maybe that’s from constant media propaganda, maybe it just my own feelings. I think the time will come when my basic human rights are gone, can’t afford property tax oil, will definitely have no access to water, who do I want representing me, parties that who only care about corruption banks eu and self interest or a party that fought for human rights with no benefit only loss to themselves.

And what has that got to do with the EU charging people for drinking water.

@bill