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- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: We tabled the amendments.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: The Acting Chairman talks about monopolising the debate. Anyone else was perfectly free to table amendments-----
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: I would like to speak on my amendment and so would the others who bothered putting them-----
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: It was a bizarre statement to make.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: Any Deputy could table an amendment.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: Okay.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: Let us have a debate.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: Why not?
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: This is on the amendment.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: It is unbelievable the way there is constant interruption from the so-called Opposition.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: The amendment is on the commission.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: Can you not tell the Dáil?
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: No.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: That is ridiculous.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: Because these things should be decided on the floor of the House, not by some invisible body in the Bills Office which is not accountable or democratic. It is unbelievable the Minister would say that.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: An unelected civil servant is making them and the House has no say.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: There is obviously an invisible hand from the Government which is giving a political direction to the unelected civil servant.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: Obviously, it is. The Minister must think the people are completely naive that he will not accept, for example, that water metering which is linked with Irish Water-----
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: -----can be a subject for the committee to discuss.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)
Ruth Coppinger: It was decided by some unelected civil servant. The Minister has obviously given some direction to exclude a discussion about this issue.