We can’t trust Government on Irish Water plebiscite

Environment Minister Alan Kelly says “the Government has promised that a plebiscite would have to be held if both Houses of the Oireachtas wanted to privatise Irish Water”. 

This means any new government can promise us, before an election, that they will not sell Irish Water, but use their majority in a Dáil vote (plebiscite) to sell it afterwards.

We know the track record of this Government on pre-election promises.