Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 1:

That we delete the words after "that” and substitute "the Second Reading of the Water Services Bill not be taken today as the time set aside by the Government is totally inadequate to deal with matters if such seriousness as the imposition of water taxes on householders and the transfer of resources to a value of billions of euro from local authorities to Uisce Éireann".

Standing Order 125 provides:

Amendments may be made to this motion—(i) by omitting the word “now” and adding at the end of the motion the words “this day three months”, or “this day six months”, or some other date;

(ii) by deleting all or some of the words after “That” and substituting words which state some special reason against the second reading of the Bill.

It is grotesque that-----

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