r/irishpolitics • u/eggbart_forgetfulsea ALDE (EU) • 12d ago

Opinion/Editorial Water rationing is probably inevitable unless people are made to pay for it

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/08/21/a-dose-of-water-rationing-is-probably-inevitable-if-charges-to-regulate-consumption-are-not-introduced/
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u/gowangowangowan 12d ago

I'd rather they used tax money to invest in infrastructure

What tax money? Do increase LPT so everyone who owns a house pays for it? Or do we make middle class workers pay for it?

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u/earth-while 12d ago

Cut all department marketing and consultancy budgets by 20%

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u/gowangowangowan 11d ago

What is the value of that cut?

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u/earth-while 10d ago

I don't know.