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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: Acting Chairman, may I raise something-----

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: That is grand but let us speak.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: It is a cacophony of interruptions every time we speak.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: The Deputy asked how long he could speak for.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: Stop interrupting.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: How can he be the next speaker?

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: Earlier the Acting Chairman mentioned filibustering, but I do not think it is humanly or mathematically possible to do so if there is only one amendment to be dealt with on the floor of the Dáil.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: Far from it, some of us have other responsibilities to which we would like to attend and while it may be fun to watch the lads shouting slogans across the floor at each other, this is a serious political issue, as Members know because it was the one that dominated the discussions on Government formation in the weeks they took place. It is obviously a key issue for the Anti-Austerity...

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: There is a team of so-called experts who, as my colleague, Deputy Paul Murphy, has already said, have a set, pre-ordered agenda of being in favour of charging ordinary people for water. It is clear how the water committee the Government is going to set up in the Dáil will go. It will be able to discuss nothing except what the Minister wants it to discuss. It cannot discuss water...

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and the "Endapendents" who are backing them up on this one can try all the manoeuvres they like. The commission is clearly weighted with people from the water industry. The second threat being used, and it seems to be the Labour Party taking up the cudgels on this one, is the EU Commission. It is as clear as day that this country has never had an established...

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: It is called a metaphor. The Deputy might want to listen. When the engine got very cold, one pulled the choke to allow more petrol into it, but often flooded the engine instead. I do not envy the Minister and his new Government in trying to reintroduce water charges after nine months. There is a lot of emphasis on mental health in the programme for Government. It should let this issue...

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: This charade is an expensive and bureaucratic way to deal with things. We all know that no matter what the Government comes up with, people have decided that they are not paying and that water charges are finished. On 17 September, there will be another protest. I do not know how big it will be. I doubt it will be as large as the ones which took place in October 2014. I warn the...