Watch Gerry Adams explain how Sinn Féin could afford to scrap water charges

TheJournal.ie asked the Sinn Féin president to explain his party’s much-debated policy.

SINN FÉIN’S COMMITMENT to abolishing water charges if it gets into government has been the subject of much debate.

While the government claims the party is operating off a “broken calculator”, Sinn Féin has consistently argued that scrapping water charges is both realistic and affordable.

So when TheJournal.ie spoke to Gerry Adams this week, we asked him to explain how much it would cost and how it could be done:

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Gerry Adams: I don’t need to be good at maths (videos)

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Watch Gerry Adams explain how Sinn Féin could afford to scrap water charges

Gerry Adams: I don’t need to be good at maths (videos)

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