Anne (Anne Thormey - primary proponent arguing we should pay for water)

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Liveline · "We don't seem to want to pay for necessary things" · 14 Jul 2026 podcast

I listen to RTE most days if I'm at home.

And this discussion has been coming up quite a bit lately.

But not one minister, not one government official, not one RTA person has ever discussed the fact that it is F-R-E-E.

Nobody has brought that up.

Excuse me, every person who pays for something is careful about what they pay for.

Waste it, waste it.

Also, I mean, I love my country.

That's the thing, when I worked for my government in many countries for many years, I love my country.

My pension is from my country.

But we don't seem to want to pay for necessary things.

We just want to pay for a rugby match.

You know, people complain in the winter that the house is freezing.

If I was a young woman, I would start a firm of putting in blinds in every house.

In France, every house has to have blinds.

First of all, you're not insured unless you have blinds.

So it keeps the heat in in the winter and it keeps the warmth out in the summer and it keeps safety.

I don't know why none of the houses have electric blinds.

Yes, every country except Ireland.

No, it depends on what you use.

Okay, so you're metered.

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