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

I also wanted to ask about the forthcoming legislation. When will the Government bring forward the water services Bill to address outstanding issues reflected in the Government's water package in November 2014? It has been six months since that motion was put before us. Deputy after Deputy has asked the Taoiseach about the landlord issue. The Government is obviously having problems with that because it has not been able to come up with something for six months. Today, the newspapers are full of threats against pensioners, lone parents, workers and the unemployed. The threats are that through legislation - it is a lie - the Government will be able to deduct money from their wages and welfare payments and that anything it does will involve-----

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