Séamus Healy (Tipperary, Workers and Unemployed Action Group) | Oireachtas source

I do not accept that they are out of order. The whole Dáil has accepted that there should be a referendum to put water and water infrastructure into the Constitution to ensure that it remains in public ownership. To rule that out of order is unacceptable and is a slight on the House. It should be part and parcel of this legislation.

I put down an amendment to abolish Irish Water. The Leas-Cheann Comhairle will recall that the majority of Deputies in this House were elected at the 2016 general election on the basis that they wanted to see the abolition of Irish Water. It is a toxic entity and one which has no way of communicating with the public. In my view and in that of the majority of Deputies elected in the last general election, it should and must be abolished.

On amendment No. 32 -----

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