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- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: I will acknowledge it any time that I get a good official or a helpful person.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: It still does. The Minister of State, Deputy Coffey, and his colleagues are missed out of the ESB.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: The forum is a talking shop. We are discussing a minimum of 12 and a maximum of 60 members but the Minister has powers to approve who is on it. It is like the peatlands forum. Volunteers - genuine people from the Leas-Cheann Comhairle's part of the countryside - gave their time free of charge on that forum while other people from agencies got paid and took expenses. That is the disgusting...
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: He would have to have his hat on.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: I also am concerned by this proposal and in the Private Members' Bill I introduced, namely, the Water Services (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2014, I sought that a specific ombudsman be put in place to deal with what will be a huge utility. Huge issues will arise and simple mistakes will be made, such as meters being appropriated to the wrong house. It is possible to make such mistakes,...
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: Give Deputy Walsh a looking glass.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: What about the word the Minister, Deputy Kelly, used for me?
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: I am being serious.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: On a point of order, what about the language that was used about me? I received no retraction or apology.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: It was during the debate.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: It was heard.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: Dúirt bean liom go ndúirt bean léi. The clown in County Cork.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: Never mind.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: Animal people.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: What?
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: Stop.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: It has been brought to my attention that during my contribution a few minutes ago, the Minister, Deputy Kelly, expressed a very nasty expletive to me across the House. I did not hear him, but I want the records checked and I want an apology if he used that kind of foul language to me as an elected representative of the people of Tipperary.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: I might be robust in what I say, but I am not going to insult or use denigrating language.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: I will give the Minister a chance to reflect. He needs to reflect on a lot of stuff tonight.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: He needs to go back and learn his sums.