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09/03/2017
National Water Demonstration To Be Held In April
A national water demonstration is to be held on Saturday, 08 April.
Unite official and Right2Water Coordinator Brendan Ogle said: "Without the sustained pressure exerted by the public through the Right2Water campaign since 2014, we would not be where we are now with charges nearly abolished and an Oireachtas Committee largely reflecting the views of hundreds of thousands of people who came onto the streets of our towns and cities to assert our human right to water, as well as the electorate in Election 2016.
"The demonstration on 08 April will allow the public to demonstrate that this issue is not an issue of political opportunism but is, and always has been, about vindication of our human Right2Water by paying for our water and sanitation through the exemplary model of progressive taxation. I would like to reiterate our view that charges should be abolished in their entirety and that water metering, which is an enabler of charges, should also be abolished and the associated funds invested instead in our antiquated and leaking water infrastructure."
(CD/LM)
Unite official and Right2Water Coordinator Brendan Ogle said: "Without the sustained pressure exerted by the public through the Right2Water campaign since 2014, we would not be where we are now with charges nearly abolished and an Oireachtas Committee largely reflecting the views of hundreds of thousands of people who came onto the streets of our towns and cities to assert our human right to water, as well as the electorate in Election 2016.
"The demonstration on 08 April will allow the public to demonstrate that this issue is not an issue of political opportunism but is, and always has been, about vindication of our human Right2Water by paying for our water and sanitation through the exemplary model of progressive taxation. I would like to reiterate our view that charges should be abolished in their entirety and that water metering, which is an enabler of charges, should also be abolished and the associated funds invested instead in our antiquated and leaking water infrastructure."
(CD/LM)
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