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- Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2013)
Jillian van Turnhout: Amendments Nos. 20 and 23 are related and will be discussed together by agreement.
- Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2013)
Jillian van Turnhout: Amendments Nos. 35 and 36 are related and will be discussed together by agreement.
- Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2013)
Jillian van Turnhout: These amendments relate to water charges, not meters.
- Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2013)
Jillian van Turnhout: I agree. I have resumed the Chair.
- Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2013)
Jillian van Turnhout: I have noted that the Senator wants to contribute on the section.
- Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2013)
Jillian van Turnhout: The amendments relate to the measurement of water usage.
- Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2013)
Jillian van Turnhout: That relates to the general section.
- Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2013)
Jillian van Turnhout: I ask the Senator to speak on the amendment.
- Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2013)
Jillian van Turnhout: Again, I ask the Senator to speak on the amendment. I have given him a lot of latitude already.
- Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2013)
Jillian van Turnhout: The amendment is about ability to pay. It is not about the number of taxes we have. It is about ability to pay.
- Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2013)
Jillian van Turnhout: I am trying to be fair to the Senator and have given him a lot of latitude.
- Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2013)
Jillian van Turnhout: The Senator is definitely off the point now. He is not speaking on the amendment.
- Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2013)
Jillian van Turnhout: We are discussing the ability to pay principle. There is a long list of Senators waiting to contribute to this discussion on ability to pay. I have put Senator Cullinane's name on the list of those who will speak generally on the section but I ask that he now deal specifically with the amendment.
- Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2013)
Jillian van Turnhout: This is Committee Stage of the Bill.
- Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2013)
Jillian van Turnhout: We are on amendment No. 37.
- Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2013)
Jillian van Turnhout: On the amendment, please.
- Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2013)
Jillian van Turnhout: The Minister of State to continue, without interruption.
- Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2013)
Jillian van Turnhout: I ask the Senator to return to the amendment.
- Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2013)
Jillian van Turnhout: I ask Senators to direct their comments to the amendment.
- Seanad: Death of Nelson Mandela: Statements (10 Dec 2013)
Jillian van Turnhout: I would like to join in the tributes. As we are more than aware, Nelson Mandela steered South Africa out of apartheid without recourse to widespread bloodshed. That is a testament to the man he was. He was a man with an unwavering ability to forgive in spite of 27 years of arbitrary imprisonment by a minority white separatist regime. He knew true freedom was multifaceted and recognised...