Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I will not need the Ceann Comhairle's generosity.

It appears that Fine Gael's mishandling of the issue of water charges is set to continue. Yesterday we finally saw the motions to establish the committee on the funding of domestic water services and they confirm yet another stitch-up between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael. The Government has decided to impose Senator Pádraig Ó Céidigh as Chairman of the committee, which, as the Tánaiste knows, is contrary to ordinary procedure. The special Committee on the Future of Healthcare elected its own Chairman; the special Committee on Housing and Homelessness elected its own Chairman; yet for some reason the Government has decided to deny this right to the committee on the funding of domestic water services. Ministers do not have the right to hand-pick the Chairmen of Oireachtas committees, yet that is exactly what is happening.

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