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6 October '14
Motion

That Dublin City Council: a. deplores the recent excessive mobilisation of Gardaí including the Public Order Unit into housing estates in Ayrfield, Edenmore, Donaghmede and Clare Hall in order to enforce the installation of water meters in the face of mass, peaceful opposition from the communities concerned; b. furthermore deplores the arrest of residents under the Water Services Act and notes with concern that Garda deployment and their forcible removal of protesters is taking place in close collaboration with a private company carrying out installation work on behalf of Irish Water; c.calls on the Lord Mayor to make representations to the Garda Commissioner on the matter; d. declares its support for peaceful resistance to water meter installation and calls for a mass turnout on the 11th OctoberRight2Water demonstration as initial steps in the struggle to force the abolition of this unjust charge. (Councillor Jim O’Callaghan declared an interest in this item and left the Chamber for the duration of the discussion and vote.)

None recorded
Passed by rollcall vote
  • Mícheál Mac Donncha
  • Jonathan Dowdall
  • Pat Dunne
  • Gary Gannon
  • Paul Hand
  • Andrew Keegan
  • John Lyons
  • Tina MacVeigh
  • Denise Mitchell
  • Michael O'Brien
  • Damian O'Farrell
  • Larry O'Toole
  • Éilis Ryan
  • Bríd Smith
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For
29 councillors
  • Chris Andrews
  • Cathleen Carney Boud
  • Janice Boylan
  • Christy Burke
  • Anthony Connaghan
  • Críona Ní Dhálaigh
  • Mícheál Mac Donncha
  • Daithí Doolan
  • Jonathan Dowdall
  • Pat Dunne
  • Gary Gannon
  • Paul Hand
  • Andrew Keegan
  • Greg Kelly
  • John Lyons
  • Tina MacVeigh
  • Séamas McGrattan
  • Ray McHugh
  • Denise Mitchell
  • Emma Murphy
  • Michael O'Brien
  • Damian O'Farrell
  • Ciarán O'Moore
  • Larry O'Toole
  • Cieran Perry
  • Noeleen Reilly
  • Daithí de Róiste
  • Bríd Smith
  • Sonya Stapleton
Against
20 councillors
  • Catherine Ardagh
  • Kieran Binchy
  • Tom Brabazon
  • Brendan Carr
  • Áine Clancy
  • David Costello
  • Ciarán Cuffe
  • Declan Flanagan
  • Alison Gilliland
  • Seán Haughey
  • Deirdre Heney
  • Frank Kennedy
  • Dermot Lacey
  • Paddy McCartan
  • Ruairí McGinley
  • Andrew Montague
  • Naoise Ó Muirí
  • Kate O'Connell
  • Noel Rock
  • Paddy Smyth
Abstain
4 councillors
  • Claire Byrne
  • Mannix Flynn
  • Paul McAuliffe
  • Rebecca Moynihan