Legislation protecting Irish Water from privatization could be overruled by a Dáil majority and a referendum on its public ownership overturned, a Department of Environment official said. “TDs and senators debated on whether constitutional change is needed to ban the privatization of water, an idea the Government has says it is open to looking at.” But “Séamas Ó Tuathail, a barrister advising anti-water campaigners, disagreed. He said there was ‘widespread concern’ about privatization. But statutory rules could be altered so the ‘public have a right to make the decision.’”