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Order of Business (5 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: That is the problem.

Order of Business (5 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: No one is allowed to have any say.

Order of Business (5 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: There has been no-----

Order of Business (5 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: No, you have not.

Order of Business (5 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: That does not happen.

Order of Business (5 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: All Deputy Murphy has been able to do is play five-a-side soccer for the past three years.

Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: That is not the case.

Order of Business (5 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: We oppose it. The Government must take on board the huge disquiet among the public about this issue and provide time for a proper debate in the House on it.

Order of Business (5 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: I know. I am saying that before we take the Order of Business-----

Order of Business (5 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: I am saying I do not agree to it and that I wish to give my reason.

Order of Business (5 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: Yes.

Order of Business (5 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: The reason is that 150,000 people marched last Saturday.

Order of Business (5 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: I am just giving the reason and will do so briefly.

Order of Business (5 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: I am opposing the Order of Business. I am simply saying the Government should provide time to allow a proper, comprehensive debate on Irish Water, something the House has been denied from the start. Over 12 months ago the Opposition walked out of the Chamber because of the use of the guillotine in the debate on the Water Services Bill. It was a disgrace. Subsequently, commitments that...

Order of Business (5 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: It is not an abuse of the Order of Business.

Order of Business (5 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: I also put it to the Taoiseach-----

Order of Business (5 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: -----that the Government has lost a vote in the Seanad on the holding of a referendum to prohibit the privatisation of Irish Water.

Order of Business (5 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: The Labour Party Senators voted with Fianna Fáil and other Senators in favour of holding a referendum to prohibit privatisation. My point is that we need government time to discuss the water issue.

Order of Business (5 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: You are being unreasonable.

Order of Business (5 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: I am opposing it.