Poll of the Day: 59% think Irish Water should be abolished

The Irish Times Poll of the Day aims to get an overview of readers’ opinions on current events.

Today's question centred on Irish Water. After several weeks of negotiation, it seems Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil are very close to making a deal on water charges which would pave the way for a minority government.

The deal involves a suspension of charges, a commission to examine the future of Irish Water and no commitment by Fianna Fáil to reactivate charges after the commission.

In today’s poll we asked what you think should happen to Irish Water: Should it be re-structured and the charges suspended? Should it be abolished? Should it remain as it is? Or are you just sick of hearing about it?

Voting has now ended and the results are as follows:

Abolished: 59 per cent

Remain as it is: 21 per cent

Re-structured and the charges suspended: 15 per cent

I don't care: 5 per cent

The Irish Times Poll of the Day was a self-selecting survey of readers of irishtimes.com which ran from 10am until 2pm