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Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2014)

Colm Keaveney: That was the old system.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2014)

Colm Keaveney: The Commission for Energy Regulation is on the forum.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2014)

Colm Keaveney: An interesting sort of language is being used during the debate on this amendment. A previous speaker introduced the language of citizenship to the debate even though it is clear that this amendment relates to customer relations. The corporate idea of having a relationship with a customer is incorporated in the ethos of this Bill. A citizen is a person of a community and of a political...

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2014)

Colm Keaveney: That was the forum. We had a forum.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2014)

Colm Keaveney: The local authorities held citizens to account with respect to the delivery of critically important water services. We are being asked to support a public water forum.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2014)

Colm Keaveney: I am speaking on the amendment. I cannot do so without comparing and contrasting what we are saying goodbye to here today.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2014)

Colm Keaveney: Can I conclude?

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2014)

Colm Keaveney: I am objecting to the amendment. If I were to support the amendment, it would imply that I somehow support the overall thesis of a consumer forum.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2014)

Colm Keaveney: I am speaking on it, as I am entitled to do.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2014)

Colm Keaveney: I would like to do so without interruption.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2014)

Colm Keaveney: I am speaking on the amendment.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2014)

Colm Keaveney: Thank you, a Cheann Comhairle.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2014)

Colm Keaveney: But they wrote it.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2014)

Colm Keaveney: The purpose of the section is to provide for the setting up of a forum and that the Commission for Energy Regulation, CER, would establish that forum. I do not have confidence in the CER, no more than the Minister can have confidence in that body because there have been so many U-turns with respect to undermining the role of the energy regulator. I believe there have been approximately 11...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Scheme Eligibility (16 Dec 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 296. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on adopting the 12 point proposals (details supplied) for priority entry into the GLAS scheme in respect of commonage farmers that was provided to him by the hill farmers recently; the reasons for his agreement or disagreement with the proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47758/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists (16 Dec 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 424. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive an orthopaedic appointment, originally scheduled for October 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47744/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (16 Dec 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 425. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for attendance at every public pain clinic in the State from first referral; if he will provide in tabular form the number of persons waiting for more than three months, six months, nine months and one year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47752/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (16 Dec 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 497. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form for each year the allocation provided for the congregated settings fund since 2011. [48256/14]

Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2014)

Colm Keaveney: They could Skype him.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Reports (18 Dec 2014)

Colm Keaveney: 379. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the progress made in implementing each of the 31 recommendations in the 2011 Health Service Executive report, Time to Move On from Congregated Settings; the timeframe for the full implementation of the recommendations of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48938/14]