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Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Nov 2011)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: They do not even comply with the criteria set down in the legislation.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Nov 2011)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: They do not meet the criteria.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Nov 2011)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Senator O'Brien is giving a solution.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2011)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: What about child benefit?

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2011)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: We did not make false promises.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2011)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: The people will remember the Government's promises.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2011)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: The Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Ruairí Quinn, also seems not to know the meaning of the word.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2011)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: No better man.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2011)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Senator Healy Eames is worse than the IMF.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2011)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I call for a debate on the role being played by the Revenue Commissioners. There was discussion last week on the Order of Business with regard to the Revenue Commissioners exerting undue pressure on businesses, farmers and the farming community to pay taxes when they did not have the money to do so and the Revenue Commissioners showing little or no flexibility in that regard. This was...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2011)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I ask the Independent Senators to examine their conscience and ask themselves whether that is in the interests of democracy and in the interests of the more than 2 million people living in rural Ireland who have a septic tank. This legislation is being pushed through the House when the national debate is focusing on the budget and it is undermining the status of the legislation.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2011)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: It was blocked.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (23 Nov 2011)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Is mian liom glacadh leis an deis seo cur i gcoinne alt a 3 mar atá sé leagtha amach sa Bhille. Is mór an ábhar díoma domsa an dóigh a bhfuil an Bille seo ag dul tríd an Teach seo, agus fiú an tagairt a bhí déanta don Bhille sa Dáil níos luaithe inniu nuair a rinne an Teachta Paul Kehoe, Aoire an Rialtais, tagairt don mBille. Dúirt an Teachta go mbéadh an Bille os cómhair na...

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (23 Nov 2011)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: B'fhéidir go bhfuil mé contráilte ó thaobh pháirtithe an Rialtais a bheith ag iarraidh an Bille a bhrú tríd an Teach. Má tá mé contráilte glacfaidh mé leis sin. Tá súil agam go bhfuil mé contráilte agus nach bhfuil páirtithe an Rialtais ag iarraidh an Bille a bhrú tríd an Teach. Tá leasaithe molta ag Sinn Féin agus ag Fianna Fáil ag déanamh moltaí sonracha i dtaca...

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (23 Nov 2011)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: We will accept the Leader's proposals, if they are acceptable to the Government side, that every amendment in this Bill would be debated in its entirety, that every Member of Seanad Éireann would be allowed speak on the issue if they so wish, that the Bill will not be guillotined in this House, and that democracy will not be stifled here this week as it was last week. That may not be...

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (23 Nov 2011)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: That is appalling and outrageous-----

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (23 Nov 2011)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: -----and it is holding this House in contempt.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (23 Nov 2011)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: It was my first opportunity to speak on Committee Stage and I wanted to point that out at the outset. What is relevant to section 3, however, is the issue of the inspectors being appointed under the legislation. We have tabled a number of amendments to section 3 on the role and the work of inspectors as outlined in the legislation and I hope they will be considered because it would protect...

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (23 Nov 2011)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: It is relevant to the section because-----

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (23 Nov 2011)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: -----it relates to the powers of inspectors. Regarding the private inspectors to be appointed by the Environmental Protection Agency having paid the fee and obtained the insurance standard, we do not know the level of qualification they must have, the number of inspectors to be appointed or who will pay for them. The Bill does not outline who is paying for them or how much each inspection...