Results 6,521-6,540 of 14,706 for speaker:Phil Hogan

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)

Phil Hogan: That is the Deputy's problem.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)

Phil Hogan: We need the legislation to do that.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)

Phil Hogan: The Deputy will know when the regulations are being implemented. The number of inspections carried out in 2013 will indicate the level of hardship or otherwise in complying with the regulations. Only then can we consider the question of financial assistance that will be required.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)

Phil Hogan: It is not; it is prudent. I will repeat that I do not envisage anybody being in financial difficulty because of this. Mechanisms are in place to help people, but we cannot assess the matter properly until the inspections are carried out and we see the extent of the problem.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)

Phil Hogan: Then the Deputy should be honest about what he was proposing.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)

Phil Hogan: Read the file.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)

Phil Hogan: The Deputy had ten hours the previous day and he took up only seven.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)

Phil Hogan: The Deputy knows what I agree with.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)

Phil Hogan: How does Deputy Ó Cuív make that out?

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)

Phil Hogan: How does he know that?

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)

Phil Hogan: Does he know everything?

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)

Phil Hogan: He is a bloody know-all.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)

Phil Hogan: He is costing the country a fortune because he did not do this legislation.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)

Phil Hogan: No thanks to Deputy Ó Cuív.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)

Phil Hogan: Deputy Ó Cuív has been making it up every day as he goes along.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)

Phil Hogan: Does the Deputy want it to be abolished?

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)

Phil Hogan: I am surprised to hear the Deputy is a hypocrite.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)

Phil Hogan: Deputy Stanley should look at the figures for Northern Ireland.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)

Phil Hogan: What are they doing in Northern Ireland?

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)

Phil Hogan: Let us have it now.