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Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)

David Cullinane: We are not getting answers to questions. We are all frustrated. I will wait to see if the Minister answers this one because the Minister of State, Deputy Coffey, has not answered most of the questions we have asked.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)

David Cullinane: He waffled on. Can the Minister be honest and tell us that this is not about water conservation-----

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)

David Cullinane: -----that the Government got it wrong and it is giving us €100 off the bill to reduce the cost? The Minister should be honest with us.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)

David Cullinane: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)

David Cullinane: It is very frustrating.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Dec 2014)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 22: In page 9, line 4, after “Water” to insert the following:“including householders, commercial water users and representatives of the trade unions with members in Irish Water”.This relates to the public water forum which the Government seeks to establish. People will be forgiven for being sceptical about this forum, what it will achieve, its...

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Dec 2014)

David Cullinane: The Government cannot make up its own mind.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Dec 2014)

David Cullinane: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Dec 2014)

David Cullinane: Senator Gilroy did a good job of that for the last three minutes.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Dec 2014)

David Cullinane: This is filibustering.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Dec 2014)

David Cullinane: That is why we are here.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Dec 2014)

David Cullinane: What about the people in the Dáil bar?

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Dec 2014)

David Cullinane: On a point of order, if Senator John Whelan wants to talk about Members being inebriated on the day-----

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Dec 2014)

David Cullinane: -----we will have-----

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Dec 2014)

David Cullinane: -----no problem whatsoever in having that debate.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Dec 2014)

David Cullinane: I can tell you one thing.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Dec 2014)

David Cullinane: There were a lot of Senators coming from the Dáil bar into the Chamber late on Thursday night.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Dec 2014)

David Cullinane: If they want to have that debate, we will have it with them.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Dec 2014)

David Cullinane: The three Sinn Féin Senators were present to debate the Bill, which is what we were elected to do-----

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Dec 2014)

David Cullinane: -----rather than sitting in the Dáil bar, which is what many of the Government Senators were doing.