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Seanad: Water Services Bill 2017: Second Stage (9 Nov 2017)

Paudie Coffey: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate. I welcome the Minister and his officials to the House. I have the greatest of respect for Senator Murnane O'Connor but I will not allow the rewriting of history on what she described as the "water fiasco". First, if one looks at the Fianna Fáil record on water services in this country, we were spending in excess of €1...

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2017: Second Stage (9 Nov 2017)

Paudie Coffey: That is the legacy. I did not interrupt the Senator.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2017: Second Stage (9 Nov 2017)

Paudie Coffey: I did not interrupt the Senator. I ask her to let me continue. That is the legacy of Fianna Fáil on water provision in this country. I do not want to revisit all the old arguments but there were obvious reasons Irish Water was established, new legislation was required and funding streams were required to invest in our water services. The legacy of Fianna Fáil on water is not...

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2017: Second Stage (9 Nov 2017)

Paudie Coffey: We see it how they have tried to stall the legislation in the Dáil. I agree on one thing. There was much concern in this House yesterday where Senators debated the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill, which is a matter of public health, for over eight hours. I agree with my colleague, Senator Ó Céidigh, that water provision is a matter of public health in that we are providing...

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2017: Second Stage (9 Nov 2017)

Paudie Coffey: Sinn Féin never changes. It has all the problems and no solutions.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2017: Second Stage (9 Nov 2017)

Paudie Coffey: People should get their money back, Trevor. Support the Bill and let the people get their money back, the refunds Sinn Féin was looking for. That is what this is about.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2017: Second Stage (9 Nov 2017)

Paudie Coffey: Sinn Féin wants it every way.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2017: Second Stage (9 Nov 2017)

Paudie Coffey: It is all progress.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2017: Second Stage (9 Nov 2017)

Paudie Coffey: Of course.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Nov 2017)

Paudie Coffey: Does the Senator have contact with the leadership?

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Nov 2017)

Paudie Coffey: The Senator has no vote.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2017: Motion for Earlier Signature (15 Nov 2017)

Paudie Coffey: I move:That, pursuant to subsection 2° of section 2 of Article 25 of the Constitution, Seanad Éireann concurs with the Government in a request to the President to sign the Water Services Bill 2017 on a date which is earlier than the fifth day after the date on which the Bill shall have been presented to him.

Seanad: JobPath: Motion (15 Nov 2017)

Paudie Coffey: It is always welcome to have a debate on employment, JobPath or anything that will get people back to work and give them an opportunity in this life. Members of Sinn Féin come in here and talk about their political ideology, but I take offence. I come from a working class community. I served my time as an apprentice and I served in a trade union. Sinn Féin Members in this House...

Seanad: JobPath: Motion (15 Nov 2017)

Paudie Coffey: Sinn Féin has never taken responsibility. It blames the Tory government. Why will it not go into government and take control of the budget in Northern Ireland? Why will it not go into government and take the difficult decisions? Its members stand on their soapbox and pontificate on how to run an economy but they have never taken a decision that calls for responsibility.

Seanad: JobPath: Motion (15 Nov 2017)

Paudie Coffey: They trade on cheap political stunts.

Seanad: JobPath: Motion (15 Nov 2017)

Paudie Coffey: They trade on protest politics.

Seanad: JobPath: Motion (15 Nov 2017)

Paudie Coffey: Sinn Féin stands for nothing in my eyes.

Seanad: JobPath: Motion (15 Nov 2017)

Paudie Coffey: The Irish people are copping on to it. That is why we see it going down in the polls and why we will see it going down in the next general election.

Seanad: JobPath: Motion (15 Nov 2017)

Paudie Coffey: Sinn Féin trades on misery and division. That is all it has ever done.

Seanad: Minimum Custodial Periods upon Conviction for Murder Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2017)

Paudie Coffey: I also welcome the opportunity to make a contribution on this Bill and to the debate. Many Senators have given perspectives on it. I join Senator Norris in recognising families in the Gallery who have suffered loss due to murder. All of us can only imagine the huge grief and loss those families have had to live with not just at the time of the horrific event, but during the very trying...