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To: Fianna Fail TD's
Support Water Ownership Bill
Right2water has same campaign. So wanted to o avoid confusion
Next week, on Wednesday, 9th November,
Joan Collins TD will move a Bill to hold a referendum to insert into the Constitution an amendment which would rule out any future privatisation of water, or water services.
Forty TDs have signed the Bill including Independents4Change, Sinn Fein, AAA/PBP and a number of independent TD’s. A number of others including the Green Party, the Labour Party and the Social Democrats have said publicly that they would support a referendum on public ownership of our water, so the Bill has a real chance of passing.
Put simply, this Bill will only pass if supported by Fianna Fail. Therefore we are asking everybody concerned about the ownership of our water to use every means they can to contact their local TDs, especially Fianna Fail, by email, letter, phone call or direct lobbying and demand they support the Bill.
We expect the Government (and possibly Fianna Fail) to argue that they are waiting for the Expert Commission on Domestic Water Charges to present their report to the Oireachtas – but public ownership of water is not in the Terms of Reference for the Commission, so this is a smokescreen.
The government deliberately omitted public ownership from the terms of reference in full knowledge that the Commission might actually make a recommendation to enshrine ownership in the hands of the public. This is something they clearly don’t want.
At this very moment in time, any government, including the current one, could legislate to sell off our public water system. Furthermore, even if a government did not want to sell off our water, the EU, IMF or ECB could force the sale in the future – like they did in Greece and Portugal – so we have to protect our vital public water system now!
The devastating impacts of water privatization have been felt all around the world. In the UK, one in four people are now experiencing water poverty. In the US, Rome and parts of France, tens of thousands are having their water shut off. We can prevent much of this by putting ownership of our water in the Constitution.
There are no TD’s in the Dail, even in Fine Gael, who will come out and argue openly for privatisation. But can you take their word on this? If they don’t want water privatisation, they can prove it by simply supporting this Bill next Wednesday.
Here are the details of Fianna Fail TD’s (full list available here at http://www.right2water.ie/blog/we-only-have-one-week-protect-our-water)
Carlow/Kilkenny
Bobby Aylward
056 7764726
Carlow/Kilkenny
John McGuinness
056 7770672
087 2855834
Cavan/Monaghan
Brendan Smith
049 4362366
Cavan/Monaghan
Niamh Smyth
042 9666666
087 9982222
Clare
Timmy Dooley
065 6891115
Cork East
Kevin O Keefe
022 25320
Cork North Central
Billy Kelleher
021 4502289
Cork North West
Aindrias Moynihan
026 45828
Cork North West
Michael Moynihan
029 51299
Cork South Central
Michael McGrath
021 4376699
Cork South Central
Micheal Martin
021 4320088
Cork South West
Margaret Murphy O’Mahony
086 8529275
Donegal
Charlie McConalogue
074 9373131/074 9177282
Donegal
Pat The Cope Gallagher
074 95 21364
087 2238925
Dublin Bay North
Sean Haughey
01 6183695
087 3494888
Dublin Bay South
Jim O Callaghan
01 4758943
Dublin Fingal
Darragh O Brien
01 6183802
Dublin Midwest
John Curran
01 6183792
Dublin South West
John Lahart
01 4939608
Dublin West
Jack Chambers
086 4177335
Galway East
Anne Rabbitte
087 2424704
Galway West
Eamon O Cuiv
091 562846
Kerry
John Brassil
066 7133112
087 2362330
Kildare North
Frank O Rourke
087 2555257
Kildare North
James Lawless
086 8348869
Kildare South
Fiona O Loughlin
045 436792
087 2345160
Laois
Sean Fleming
057 8732692
Limerick City
Willie O Dea
061 454488/ 061 454522
Limerick County
Niall Collins
061 300149
087 2749659
Longford/Westmeath
Robert Troy
044 9334857
Louth
Declan Breathnach
087 2697638
Mayo
Dara Calleary
096 77613
Mayo
Lisa Chambers
094 9250577
Meath East
Thomas Byrne
01 6183310
Meath West
Shane Cassells
086 3399198
Offaly
Barry Cowen
057 9321976
Roscommon/Galway
Eugene Murphy
071 963 3000
Sligo/Leitrim
Eamon Scanlon
071 9197903/ 071 9302537
Sligo/Leitrim
Marc Mac Sharry
086 2674764
Tipperary
Jackie Cahill
087 2820663
Waterford
Mary Butler
087 7425020
Wexford
James Browne
086 8575387
Wicklow
Pat Casey
086 2649483
Joan Collins TD will move a Bill to hold a referendum to insert into the Constitution an amendment which would rule out any future privatisation of water, or water services.
Forty TDs have signed the Bill including Independents4Change, Sinn Fein, AAA/PBP and a number of independent TD’s. A number of others including the Green Party, the Labour Party and the Social Democrats have said publicly that they would support a referendum on public ownership of our water, so the Bill has a real chance of passing.
Put simply, this Bill will only pass if supported by Fianna Fail. Therefore we are asking everybody concerned about the ownership of our water to use every means they can to contact their local TDs, especially Fianna Fail, by email, letter, phone call or direct lobbying and demand they support the Bill.
We expect the Government (and possibly Fianna Fail) to argue that they are waiting for the Expert Commission on Domestic Water Charges to present their report to the Oireachtas – but public ownership of water is not in the Terms of Reference for the Commission, so this is a smokescreen.
The government deliberately omitted public ownership from the terms of reference in full knowledge that the Commission might actually make a recommendation to enshrine ownership in the hands of the public. This is something they clearly don’t want.
At this very moment in time, any government, including the current one, could legislate to sell off our public water system. Furthermore, even if a government did not want to sell off our water, the EU, IMF or ECB could force the sale in the future – like they did in Greece and Portugal – so we have to protect our vital public water system now!
The devastating impacts of water privatization have been felt all around the world. In the UK, one in four people are now experiencing water poverty. In the US, Rome and parts of France, tens of thousands are having their water shut off. We can prevent much of this by putting ownership of our water in the Constitution.
There are no TD’s in the Dail, even in Fine Gael, who will come out and argue openly for privatisation. But can you take their word on this? If they don’t want water privatisation, they can prove it by simply supporting this Bill next Wednesday.
Here are the details of Fianna Fail TD’s (full list available here at http://www.right2water.ie/blog/we-only-have-one-week-protect-our-water)
Carlow/Kilkenny
Bobby Aylward
056 7764726
Carlow/Kilkenny
John McGuinness
056 7770672
087 2855834
Cavan/Monaghan
Brendan Smith
049 4362366
Cavan/Monaghan
Niamh Smyth
042 9666666
087 9982222
Clare
Timmy Dooley
065 6891115
Cork East
Kevin O Keefe
022 25320
Cork North Central
Billy Kelleher
021 4502289
Cork North West
Aindrias Moynihan
026 45828
Cork North West
Michael Moynihan
029 51299
Cork South Central
Michael McGrath
021 4376699
Cork South Central
Micheal Martin
021 4320088
Cork South West
Margaret Murphy O’Mahony
086 8529275
Donegal
Charlie McConalogue
074 9373131/074 9177282
Donegal
Pat The Cope Gallagher
074 95 21364
087 2238925
Dublin Bay North
Sean Haughey
01 6183695
087 3494888
Dublin Bay South
Jim O Callaghan
01 4758943
Dublin Fingal
Darragh O Brien
01 6183802
Dublin Midwest
John Curran
01 6183792
Dublin South West
John Lahart
01 4939608
Dublin West
Jack Chambers
086 4177335
Galway East
Anne Rabbitte
087 2424704
Galway West
Eamon O Cuiv
091 562846
Kerry
John Brassil
066 7133112
087 2362330
Kildare North
Frank O Rourke
087 2555257
Kildare North
James Lawless
086 8348869
Kildare South
Fiona O Loughlin
045 436792
087 2345160
Laois
Sean Fleming
057 8732692
Limerick City
Willie O Dea
061 454488/ 061 454522
Limerick County
Niall Collins
061 300149
087 2749659
Longford/Westmeath
Robert Troy
044 9334857
Louth
Declan Breathnach
087 2697638
Mayo
Dara Calleary
096 77613
Mayo
Lisa Chambers
094 9250577
Meath East
Thomas Byrne
01 6183310
Meath West
Shane Cassells
086 3399198
Offaly
Barry Cowen
057 9321976
Roscommon/Galway
Eugene Murphy
071 963 3000
Sligo/Leitrim
Eamon Scanlon
071 9197903/ 071 9302537
Sligo/Leitrim
Marc Mac Sharry
086 2674764
Tipperary
Jackie Cahill
087 2820663
Waterford
Mary Butler
087 7425020
Wexford
James Browne
086 8575387
Wicklow
Pat Casey
086 2649483
Why is this important?
Everyone is very aware of the fight that has been taking place for our water since 2011 and hit the headlines in 2014 when 100's of thousands marched on our streets. The expert water commission is not setup to allow for a referendum on ownership of our water so please sign this petition and demand that Fianna Fail TD's support the bill next week.