Peter Mathews (Dublin South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

When a doctor sees a rash on the body, he knows there is a possibility of measles. We are seeing the rash all over Europe, but our Government thinks because the establishment has said so that the solution lies in the direction of imposing more pain on people who are already vulnerable. It does not. If one wants to stop the disease, one must stop what one is doing that is adding to it. Shuffling around at this late stage before the Dáil rises on Thursday, 16 July, is not the way to address the problems.

As earlier speakers have said, Irish Water is a fiasco of incapability. I know it myself because our own house has not even been connected up to a meter as it should have been. It was missed. It is simple stuff. It beggars belief how bad the whole thing has been, yet the Government simply churns on like a train. I am using this opportunity because of low demand for speaking slots today on the Bill.

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