Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2015-09-07-Speech-1-279-000"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2015-09-07"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:One-minute speeches on matters of political importance2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20150907.22.1-279-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2015-09-07-Speech-1-281-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Matt Carthy2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, the ruling by Eurostat to the Irish Central Statistics Office has exposed the pathetic attempts to impose another tax on ordinary families in the guise of water conservation. Having already lost the political and democratic argument, Irish Water has now been deprived of any economic rationale. It is ironic that it was at the behest of the Commission and the ECB that a Fianna Fáil government first proposed the introduction of water charges in Ireland, and that it is a decision of another EU institution, Eurostat, to the effect that Irish Water has to remain on the books, that will be the final nail in the coffin of this regressive taxation policy. Contrary to spin, Eurostat are clear that Irish Water cannot reach any sort of off-book status, especially with such a high non-payment rate. The report is a damning attack on the incompetence that has been a hallmark of Irish Water’s existence. It is now time for the Irish Government and the European institutions to accept the wishes of the Irish people and scrap water tax once and for all."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; ECON (2014-07-01--2017-01-18)3 member; AGRI (2014-07-01--2017-01-18)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Matt Carthy (GUE/NGL )."1
lpv:videoURI	<go to Events_and_structure europarl>2

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