Denis O’Brien says the Government were wrong to suspend Irish Water because it was the ‘right thing for the country’

The much hated utility Irish Water is soon set to disappear and everyone couldn’t be happier, well almost everyone, accept businessman Denis O’Brien who claims the government made a huge mistake to suspend the charges until a commission examines the issue.

Mr O’Brien’s comments which will surely receive a barrage of criticism from the public, come after Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil, agreed to suspend the charges for nine months last week. Mr O’Brien told Bloomberg he believes the situation “hasn’t worked out as well as it should”. “I think the government were wrong to back down on the water, Irish Water.”

Mr O’Brien further explained that Irish Water was “the right thing” for the country, because the water supply infrastructure as it stands is ‘Victorian’.
He went onto say: “So, that’s kicked in the air, and down the field, whereas it should have actually stayed. And the investment, you know there’s an investment programme of between three and four billion [euro] that was supposed to go into that. That now is under question.”

“I really don’t care who’s in power, but I think there needs to be stability in Ireland,” he added.

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