Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Socialist Party) | Oireachtas source

I object to the proposal that there will be no Topical Issues tomorrow. It seems to me that the reason it is proposed that there will be no Topical Issues tomorrow is to lash through the Water Services Bill over Thursday and Friday with no vote until Tuesday to allow the Government side to be away from the debate on Friday down the country or whatever and not take part in it just like it did with the first round of the Water Services Bill. It is extremely important that there would be Topical Issues tomorrow. For example, the key Topical Issue yesterday was homelessness and no doubt, there will be other ones tomorrow. There should be a resumption of Topical Issues and the Government should stop lashing through the Water Services Bill. If it needs to be extended next week, it should be extended.

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