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Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Instruction to Committee (1 Jul 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It is not a question of just dismissing it.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Instruction to Committee (1 Jul 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Can we suspend until we get it?

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Instruction to Committee (1 Jul 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: We should suspend.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Instruction to Committee (1 Jul 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: With no disrespect to the Chair, the democratic revolution should start now.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Instruction to Committee (1 Jul 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: We should be given a copy of the speech. This Government seems to think that it can just walk on the people and the people's representatives.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Instruction to Committee (1 Jul 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I will not.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Instruction to Committee (1 Jul 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: If the Minister agrees to-----

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Instruction to Committee (1 Jul 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: If he waits and starts his speech again-----

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Instruction to Committee (1 Jul 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It is not a copy of the motion. It is a copy of the speech.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Instruction to Committee (1 Jul 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: When we get the copy, we can-----

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Instruction to Committee (1 Jul 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: There is a lot of detail. The Minister gave details of dates. We need to see the speech.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Instruction to Committee (1 Jul 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: We need to be able to make notes as the Minister is speaking. Could we agree to suspend the House until we get the speech?

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Instruction to Committee (1 Jul 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: As a matter of procedure, the Minister should have ensured that copies were here before we started.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Instruction to Committee (1 Jul 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I think we should wait until we get a copy of the speech. In fact, I think the Minister should leave the House and get us a copy.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Instruction to Committee (1 Jul 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: There is a lot more water in Ireland than in Greece.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Instruction to Committee (1 Jul 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Before I start, it is customary on Second Stage - this is a quasi-Second Stage - to explain the Bill's proposals. This is effectively a new Bill. Will the Minister explain to us section-by-section now, on this quasi-Second Stage, the proposed amendments to the Bill, which are more substantial than the original Bill?

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Instruction to Committee (1 Jul 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I have not started; I am asking a question through the Chair.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Instruction to Committee (1 Jul 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Once again, well-established custom in the House is being ignored for a purpose. The purpose is to cut short the democratic process in this Dáil. The process of a proper Second Stage where the Minister would outline step-by-step each provision he is proposing, then on Committee Stage flaws in the proposals could be debated, with the Minister and Deputies coming back on Report Stage...

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Instruction to Committee (1 Jul 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Minister speech states, "the water-related amendments mentioned here were announced by my Department on 6 May, all of nine weeks ago at this stage". First, it is eight weeks ago today, so the Minister should get his speech corrected. Second, Committee Stage of the Bill, that was and not as is, was held on 26 May 2015, 20 days after the Minister's so-called announcement. The Committee...

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Motion to Recommit (1 Jul 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: This morning I read into the record what was said on Committee Stage. It was clearly indicated on Committee Stage that all that was involved were technicalities. The least the House is owed is a detailed explanation of why, in view of the misleading information given on Committee Stage the Bill is not being recommitted to Committee Stage. The Minister of State owes it to the House to...