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Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: No.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: That is ridiculous.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: Because these things should be decided on the floor of the House, not by some invisible body in the Bills Office which is not accountable or democratic. It is unbelievable the Minister would say that.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: An unelected civil servant is making them and the House has no say.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: There is obviously an invisible hand from the Government which is giving a political direction to the unelected civil servant.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: Obviously, it is. The Minister must think the people are completely naive that he will not accept, for example, that water metering which is linked with Irish Water-----

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: -----can be a subject for the committee to discuss.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: It was decided by some unelected civil servant. The Minister has obviously given some direction to exclude a discussion about this issue.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: There is somebody out of order.

Order of Business (12 Jul 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: I am asking for much more time. We want to put down amendments and to have time to hear them. Will they be heard?

Order of Business (12 Jul 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: It does not look like the Water Services (Amendment) Bill will take up all of the allotted time because all the amendments have been ruled out of order bar one. Dealing with the technicalities of the electoral commission may not take up that time either. I ask that we extend the actual motion time to allow amendments to be put and debated.

Order of Business (12 Jul 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: This could come up tomorrow night.

Order of Business (12 Jul 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: When will it be considered? The committee will not meet until Thursday, but this could come up tomorrow night.

Order of Business (12 Jul 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: I am going to put it to a vote then.

Order of Business (12 Jul 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: I will leave it up to the good judgment of the Business Committee to recognise that a lot of people are watching this.

Order of Business (12 Jul 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: The Ceann Comhairle has told us this is the only show in town. Give us time.

Order of Business (12 Jul 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: No. No. 12a, motion re citizens assembly, deals with a very important issue. Only 45 minutes has been allocated to discuss this new initiative to deliberate on the eight amendment and also, it seems, three other items, but it is not clear whether they will be discussed at the same time, in other words, simultaneously, or one after the other. The allocation of time with five minutes per...

Order of Business (12 Jul 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: It was not agreed to as opposition was voiced to it at the meeting.

Order of Business (12 Jul 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: May I make my point?

Order of Business (12 Jul 2016)

Ruth Coppinger: Opposition was voiced at the meeting and I am bringing the matter to the Dáil because we were ignored at the meeting, as it seems we were in a minority. I am asking the House - I will put it to a vote - to extend the time allocated to debate this topic.