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

I echo the Tánaiste's sentiments in respect of the family of Karen Buckley. The Tánaiste has made the point on our behalf very eloquently. We send our sympathy and solidarity to the family at this dreadful time for them.

My question relates to the water services Bill. The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Alan Kelly, has done quite an amount of sabre-rattling that has left a lot of people very angry, not to say concerned, about the Government's plans to deduct unpaid water charges from wages, welfare payments and pension payments. The Tánaiste has sung dumb on this issue on the many occasions on which I raised it with her, neither supporting nor denying the proposal by the Minister. When will that legislation be published and when will it be brought before the Dáil?

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