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To: Darragh O'Brien, Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage
We demand our water referendum now
Follow through on your promise – hold a referendum to put public ownership of water into the constitution.
Why is this important?
For over seven years the Irish Government has refused to hold a referendum on the public ownership of our water. The only logical explanation for their refusal is the unspoken intention to privatise our water system.
In May 2016 legislation was tabled and unanimously passed in the Dáil in support of a water referendum, but since then Fine Gael, Fianna Fail and the Green Party have prevented this important referendum from progressing. Enough is enough. Name the date and give us our referendum now!
Water has become one of the most valuable and profitable commodities on the planet. Privatisation has been a disaster in almost every country that outsourced their water supply to profit making entities. Costs have gone up, services has declined. Dividends are paid to owners, taxpayers bail out depleted infrastructure.
Every day we don’t have our water referendum, we move closer and closer towards the full privatisation of our water system.
We stood together from 2014 – 2016 to stop water charges: now we need to stand together to prevent privatisation.
In May 2016 legislation was tabled and unanimously passed in the Dáil in support of a water referendum, but since then Fine Gael, Fianna Fail and the Green Party have prevented this important referendum from progressing. Enough is enough. Name the date and give us our referendum now!
Water has become one of the most valuable and profitable commodities on the planet. Privatisation has been a disaster in almost every country that outsourced their water supply to profit making entities. Costs have gone up, services has declined. Dividends are paid to owners, taxpayers bail out depleted infrastructure.
Every day we don’t have our water referendum, we move closer and closer towards the full privatisation of our water system.
We stood together from 2014 – 2016 to stop water charges: now we need to stand together to prevent privatisation.