Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I wish to raise two items. First, can the Tánaiste advise us when we might see the water services (amendment) Bill?

Second, I am increasingly concerned about the way in which the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Alan Kelly, is handling the new social inclusion community activation programme, SICAP. The entire process has been flawed from the start and there is a major concern over the impact on jobs and community services. Organisations have essentially been pitted against each other to bid for funding in the most appalling manner. Workers have been excluded from the entire process and there has been no negotiation or bargaining with them. They gathered last week outside the Minister, Deputy Kelly's Department to ask him to engage with them.

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