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

Mattie McGrath: It is about the amount and the standards. I received this letter on 10 January 2012. I read the letter into the record of the committee last week and asked the Minister to do something about it but I did not get an answer from either the Chairman or the committee. The letter states: Dear Sir I heard you speak on radio. My septic tank was registered in 1973 when a man from the Environment...

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

Mattie McGrath: How dare you? This is a sensitive matter. I ask the Deputy to withdraw that remark. I am about to read out this person's name. The Acting Chairman should not accept that. The letter further states: It was newly built. He removed the manhole cover from the centre of the tank & left the tank wide open. My 2 1/2 year old little boy was drowned in it that evening. I could go on & on. No...

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

Mattie McGrath: It is outrageous. These are the fears people have about this legislation. There have been Ministers in the Department since then, and I am not blaming him for that, but he is the Minister now. He is the strong man they tell us about who the Minister of State, Deputy Hayes, praised the other day. He said the best Minister we have is Deputy Phil Hogan who can drive the household charge...

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

Mattie McGrath: Of course he did.

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

Mattie McGrath: The Minister has a funny way of going about this.

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

Mattie McGrath: He is trying to be a magician.

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

Mattie McGrath: Yes.

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

Mattie McGrath: They had no choice.

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

Mattie McGrath: Ba mhaith liom fíor-fáilte a ghabháil le muintir Chonamara atá anseo inniu. I support Deputy Collins's amendment. I will not go over what was asked of the Minister by all the previous speakers but we cannot buy a pig in a poke. We cannot say "everything will be all right, Jack" and if we sign up to this, the Minister will look after us. Does he intend to have a slush fund so he can...

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

Mattie McGrath: The last speaker is dead right. The Minister was elected on a basis of trust, which is being quickly eroded. He must build the trust of the people but he is undermining whatever he has, so the people do not trust him. He is coming here and being flippant, arrogant, less than fair and dishonest. He is telling us that we are scaremongering and that it is Deputies Ó Cuív and Mattie McGrath...

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

Mattie McGrath: I am speaking to the amendment. I am asking the Minister to indicate what standards will be used before he allows any inspections. He is talking about a consultation after the Bill is passed. The Minister can make flippant remarks about the last Government but he has been here a long time. Why did he not raise this issue over the past 30 years and get it sorted?

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

Mattie McGrath: Why is it being bulldozed through now? This will not work. The Minister should go back to the people and allow self-assessment. He should support the public and if people need help, they should get the required support. He should not use the hammer.

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

Mattie McGrath: The Minister did not.

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

Mattie McGrath: Where is it written down?

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

Mattie McGrath: He does not go to them.

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

Mattie McGrath: Would we be invited?

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

Mattie McGrath: Ku Klux Klan.

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

Mattie McGrath: The Members opposite are welcome any time.

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

Mattie McGrath: A public meeting should be public.

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

Mattie McGrath: Nothing but gibberish.