Sinn Féin is once again calling for water charges to be abolished.

The party is also seeking a mandate from the people to enact the government and scrap water charges once and for all.

TD and Finance Spokesperson Pearse Doherty said "it is clear that the government does not have the support of the people for its water charges".

The Donegal Southwest TD said: "We will repeal the draconian legislation forced through the Oireachtas by the Fine Gael/Labour majority put this saga in the dustbin of history where it belongs.

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"Providing reliable high quality public services and infrastructure including water and sewerage services - which are economically sustainable – is a major challenge which needs to be addressed.

"Sinn Féin has first-hand experience and a strong record of delivering exactly this in the north. Sinn Féin ruled out any future privatisation of these critical public services by ensuring that the Executive, under the Department for Regional Development, remained the sole shareholder of the newly established utility company, NI Water."

(CD/LM)