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Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Second Stage (3 Jul 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: This, in relation to an important reform, is a classic case of facing an open goal but managing to kick the ball wide. For many years, I have felt that the habit of sending people to prison for unpaid civil debts is mad. Many of those who wound up in prison in these situations were people who were generally not very well up on the law. On the other hand, it was also a fact that if people...

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I remind the Minister that the Deputy represents a rural area behind Tallaght.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Minister is adding to the problem. He knows that this is going to happen and is planning for it to happen. Why does he not do something about it? I have tabled amendment No. 11 to amendment No. 21. The way the Bill is being produced is unusual. I have never seen it done in this way in all my time in the House and I have seen Bills produced in many ways but one learns something new...

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: What was?

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Yet not sewerage charges.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: We will get back to the amendments. Amendment No. 21 states:23A.(1) Where water services are provided to a dwelling by Irish Water, the owner of the dwelling shall, subject to subsections (2) and (3)—(a) register with Irish Water as a customer and confirm whether or not the dwelling is his or her principal private residence,I take it there is now an onus on everybody to register with...

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Where I am is that I think this should have been handled in a better way. We have an arbitrary cut-off date for the grant. The first thing the Minister could do would be to get his colleague and party leader, the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection, to say that it is not too late to register to be eligible for the grant. That is the first thing she could do. When the...

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Not for 14 years. Check your facts.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Is that why you are doing it?

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Is the Acting Chairman sure that the Deputy is speaking to the amendment?

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: You should care about them-----

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: You have an obligation to care about the rules we have made to run this place.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Keep going, you are on a roll.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: That is not true. I take serious exception to that. The people in my constituency elected me like they elected you in the last election. It was not a few; it was the many. I am delighted that Deputy Brian Walsh is here in the Chamber because he knows as a fact, which you do not seem to know, that I have always represented the very ordinary decent people of my constituency.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Except for the fact I was born in this city, I have never - I ask the Chair to get him to withdraw that absolutely scandalous and scurrilous remark.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Ask him to withdraw that absolutely scandalous and scurrilous remark. I ask the Chair to get him to withdraw that scandalous remark.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: He said that I represent a few. I do not represent a few.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: If he repeats it outside I will sue him for every dime in his pocket.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I want the Chair to get him to withdraw the remark. He knows it is not true

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: You said "you represented the few".