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Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (23 Nov 2011)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: The Minister is disguising the fact.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (23 Nov 2011)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: That is different.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (23 Nov 2011)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: There is no comparison.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (23 Nov 2011)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: That is only upon the request of an individual applying for the grant. This is totally misleading.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (23 Nov 2011)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I apologise.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (23 Nov 2011)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: They are not.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (23 Nov 2011)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: There are no inspections in Donegal.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (23 Nov 2011)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: There are not.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: In the circumstances and given the lack of clarity, I appreciate what the Minister is saying but unfortunately I cannot accept it because the timeframe is too short. If the Minister will concede to have it written in as part of the Schedule to the final Bill we would accept it but in the event that does not happen we will have to press the amendment.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2011)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: No better man.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2011)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Senator Healy Eames is worse than the IMF.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2011)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I call for a debate on the role being played by the Revenue Commissioners. There was discussion last week on the Order of Business with regard to the Revenue Commissioners exerting undue pressure on businesses, farmers and the farming community to pay taxes when they did not have the money to do so and the Revenue Commissioners showing little or no flexibility in that regard. This was...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2011)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I ask the Independent Senators to examine their conscience and ask themselves whether that is in the interests of democracy and in the interests of the more than 2 million people living in rural Ireland who have a septic tank. This legislation is being pushed through the House when the national debate is focusing on the budget and it is undermining the status of the legislation.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2011)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: It was blocked.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2011)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: What about child benefit?

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2011)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: We did not make false promises.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2011)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: The people will remember the Government's promises.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2011)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: The Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Ruairí Quinn, also seems not to know the meaning of the word.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Nov 2011)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Free desludging, that is where the issue is.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Nov 2011)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: The Minister did not want to hear what I had to say.