Mick Barry (Cork North Central, Anti-Austerity Alliance) | Oireachtas source

I reinforce the point. Let us be quite clear about what is going on here. This is an attempt on the part of the Government with the support of Fianna Fáil to pull a really sly one on the issue of the establishment of the joint committee on the future funding of domestic water services. Let us spell out what is happening here. The motion that is being put states that "the Chairman of the Joint Committee shall be Senator Pádraig Ó Céidigh." In other words, the Government over there with the support of Fianna Fáil over here, the Ceann Comhairle should allow me to continue-----

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