Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Socialist Party) | Oireachtas source

The Taoiseach says the promised Bill will be introduced in the next few weeks. On 3 February he told us it would be published "in the next couple of weeks". The next time we raise the issue will we be told that it will be introduced in the next couple of months and then the next few months? This is a Bill that never appears because the Government wants to use it to scare people, but the content will not be as scary. If it includes a procedure to fast-track proceedings for non-payers of water charges through the courts, does the Taoiseach agree that there are many others in the State who should be ahead of non-payers in the queue to access the courts such as serious criminals and those who were responsible for the economic crisis, for which people are paying through water charges?

On the statement that the majority are signing up to pay water charges, I notice that the Taoiseach did not give figures. The figures coming from the Government-----

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