Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Chief Whip will provide the Technical Group Whip with the most exact date that can be indicated. I am aware of Deputy Boyd Barrett's views about the importance of Dún Laoghaire harbour. I understand the Bill to which he referred will be before the House by the end of June.

In regard to water, the Government has agreed to consider the issue of civil debt in a different way. People will not have their water supplies cut off and they will not be sent to jail. The Bill to which the Deputy referred will be enacted before the House rises in July. I expect that the Minister for Justice and Equality, in working through the details of the recommendations of the Law Reform Commission on the collection of civil debt, will come back to the Government with detailed proposals in the coming weeks. It is not appropriate to put people in jail over small amounts of money. Attachment of earnings orders will be applied, and the details of this provision will be outlined by the Minister.

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