Mattie McGrath (Tipperary South, Independent)

Tá áthas an domhain orm chun bheith an seans cúpla focal a rá ins an Chamber inniu. I am delighted the Acting Chairman, Deputy Ciarán Lynch, is present and that he is giving fair play to Members. I commend him on that. It is very important.

Ar an céad dul síos, I tried to raise something on the Order of Business and the Ceann Comhairle got very irate at me. I acknowledged that I was not blaming him for the situation. I received a letter last night from the Ceann Comhairle's office on the Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011, Report Stage. It stated: "Dear Mattie, I regret to inform you that amendment No. 36, tabled by you for Report Stage of the above Bill, must be ruled out of order as it involves a potential charge on the Exchequer." It reminded me of a programme "Dear Frankie" that I used listen to on the radio when I went to school. She would have replied back "Dear Mattie", in her eloquent voice. This is a joke.

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