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Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Joe Higgins: Ten years on the administrative council of the Labour Party made me greyer than the Minister, believe me.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Joe Higgins: Irish Water sent out 2.8 million packs. That is 2.8 million homes. If each one was entitled to €100, in round figures that would be €200 million.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Joe Higgins: We really are into Orwellian-speak territory. Giving something a name — in this case, "conservation grant" — and declaring it to be such although one knows it is something else altogether is exactly what we are talking about here.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Joe Higgins: In April, Irish Water, at the behest of the Minister, will be sending 1.5 million bills out to people looking for €40 or €65. In July and October, there will be similar exercises. In October, as Deputy Boyd Barrett said, there will be a small army of civil servants sending €100 in the opposite direction. When the books are prepared at the end of the year, it will be...

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Joe Higgins: Everything has been said. This issue will be decided in the communities of Ireland and by the people of Ireland in April and succeeding months, not in this Chamber, which is increasingly irrelevant as far as water charges are concerned, and by the tens of thousands who went out onto the streets yesterday representing their fellow citizens all over the country.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Joe Higgins: I am opposed to this section. It should be opposed by all.

Order of Business (9 Dec 2014)

Joe Higgins: Questions to the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht have to be taken tonight. In fairness to all those who are responsible, Topical Issue Matters and Private Members' business have to be taken.

Order of Business (9 Dec 2014)

Joe Higgins: However, allocating one hour for the Committee Stage of the Water Services Bill-----

Order of Business (9 Dec 2014)

Joe Higgins: -----at midnight and going on until possibly 1 o'clock or after is completely unnecessary.

Order of Business (9 Dec 2014)

Joe Higgins: There is provision for a Friday sitting to finish the Water Services Bill. I say to the Taoiseach to put that hour to Thursday and Friday. Otherwise, he will have Deputies going home to their families at 2 a.m. or 2.30 a.m.

Order of Business (9 Dec 2014)

Joe Higgins: Some of the same Members must be back in here at 9.30 a.m. for committees and for questions. We are talking about making the Dáil more family-friendly, etc. That is a simple issue to resolve.

Order of Business (9 Dec 2014)

Joe Higgins: That is his legacy.

Order of Business (9 Dec 2014)

Joe Higgins: The Taoiseach is in charge.

Order of Business (9 Dec 2014)

Joe Higgins: It is Report Stage. It can be completed on Thursday and Friday.

Order of Business (9 Dec 2014)

Joe Higgins: A Cheann Comhairle-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Management Council Meetings (9 Dec 2014)

Joe Higgins: In the context of Jean-Claude Trichet, did the Taoiseach revert to the Cabinet before announcing in the Dáil that the bondholders would not be burned?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Management Council Meetings (9 Dec 2014)

Joe Higgins: Will the Taoiseach explain how the Economic Management Council relates to the full Cabinet? Are there any written formulations in regard to what powers the Cabinet has given the council and whether the latter can work independently of the Cabinet in some circumstances? For example, if there is no Cabinet meeting after a serious decision is taken at the council, is that decision deemed to be...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Management Council Meetings (9 Dec 2014)

Joe Higgins: 5. To ask the Taoiseach when the last Economic Management Council took place. [41694/14]

Confidence in Taoiseach and Government: Motion (9 Dec 2014)

Joe Higgins: The Tánaiste is over time in every sense.

Confidence in Taoiseach and Government: Motion (9 Dec 2014)

Joe Higgins: After four years.