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Order of Business (5 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: We oppose it. The Government must take on board the huge disquiet among the public about this issue and provide time for a proper debate in the House on it.

Order of Business (5 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: I know. I am saying that before we take the Order of Business-----

Order of Business (5 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: I am saying I do not agree to it and that I wish to give my reason.

Order of Business (5 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: Yes.

Order of Business (5 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: The reason is that 150,000 people marched last Saturday.

Order of Business (5 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: I am just giving the reason and will do so briefly.

Order of Business (5 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: I am opposing the Order of Business. I am simply saying the Government should provide time to allow a proper, comprehensive debate on Irish Water, something the House has been denied from the start. Over 12 months ago the Opposition walked out of the Chamber because of the use of the guillotine in the debate on the Water Services Bill. It was a disgrace. Subsequently, commitments that...

Order of Business (5 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: It is not an abuse of the Order of Business.

Order of Business (5 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: I also put it to the Taoiseach-----

Order of Business (5 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: -----that the Government has lost a vote in the Seanad on the holding of a referendum to prohibit the privatisation of Irish Water.

Order of Business (5 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: The Labour Party Senators voted with Fianna Fáil and other Senators in favour of holding a referendum to prohibit privatisation. My point is that we need government time to discuss the water issue.

Order of Business (5 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: You are being unreasonable.

Order of Business (5 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: I am opposing it.

Order of Business (5 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: We can say we support something and that we are opposing something. Under Standing Orders, we are entitled to give an explanation for why we are opposing something.

Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: We actually have addressed that. Can the Taoiseach answer the straight question I asked? What level of revenue is required?

Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: I cannot hear what the Taoiseach is saying. The Taoiseach is speaking but he is inaudible. Will the Taoiseach tell us the figure for God's sake? This is ridiculous - he is mumbling under his breath.

Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: This is ridiculous - the Taoiseach is mumbling under his breath. Is binn béal ina thost. Sin an tuairim atá ag an Taoiseach.

Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: Yesterday the Tánaiste stated in the Dáil that a family of four adults would face a water bill below €200.

Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach could not or would not say that yesterday.

Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: A spokesman subsequently stated that the Tánaiste was expressing a "personal view". However, Fine Gael Cabinet sources stated that they were appalled at the Tánaiste's intervention, saying that such a charge would, for some reason, be a disaster for the economy.