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Order of Business (11 Dec 2014)

Mattie McGrath: He should have an idea, as should the Minister beside him. It concerns the investigation by the HSE into what happened at the Family Planning clinics, which gave out untruths to people. It is now being dismissed with no further investigation.

Order of Business (11 Dec 2014)

Mattie McGrath: Yes, but there is no investigation and no sanctions, nothing.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Mattie McGrath: I would like to return to the substantive issue of section 3 of the Bill. I suppose it is the nuts and bolts of this legislation. We are trying to cobble a system together to cover up a totally mismanaged and ill thought-out strategy. As someone asked here one day, where was Irish Water conceived? Where was the baby delivered? What kind of an infant was it? What kind of beast has it...

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Mattie McGrath: -----the Deputy from Louth, whom I believe has enough information now. I have stated privately that he has the grenade in his hand. I had a water meter with me in the Dáil one evening during the debate. It was about the same size as a hand grenade, if a bit larger and more technical. The Deputy has the grenade if he wants to pull the pin and sink this beast. Not the Government, but...

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Mattie McGrath: Good man. All right. Tell that to the people in Portlaw, Ballmacarbry and other places.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Mattie McGrath: They will talk with little pencils. Have I a pencil? No. They will go to their ballot boxes in privacy. The Minister of State knows where they will put their strokes.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Mattie McGrath: Not beside the name of anyone who supported Irish Water. Systems were devised and developed and we have a water supply. When some clever officials got into trouble with the Minister over treatment plants - Bray was the first, but there were others - they decided to portray the ordinary people of Ireland who had septic tanks - many dug them by hand and installed them at huge cost and got...

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Mattie McGrath: I suppose it was not really all that crazy and it developed into a Ponzi scheme for certain individuals. These deals were done in this city, in a hotel not far from this House. I know what happened but I have not confirmed the details. Those details will come out very soon. The Government has time to back off and reconsider the matter, particularly if its members respect their...

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Mattie McGrath: Are they all in NAMA?

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Mattie McGrath: Who was that?

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Mattie McGrath: They are all in NAMA.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Mattie McGrath: Sit down.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Mattie McGrath: The Government Members do not have a hope of being elected if they cannot find the houses to canvass.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Mattie McGrath: There is something in the water.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Mattie McGrath: I have because this has descended into a total farce. I remember when the Minister, Deputy Kelly, took over, he went on television with an ashen-faced John Tierney. I said the morning after that if he brought John Tierney to every house in the country, he would not change people's minds but now he would not find them. Some 365,000 houses are missing. That is 1,000 for every day of the...

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Mattie McGrath: I said before the Minister was making a show of Tipperary and, by God, he is.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Mattie McGrath: The Minister will get a bad report card from the Taoiseach. He will get a red card.

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.