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Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: I wish to speak to amendments Nos. 4, 5 and 21. I will not spend too long on the first two. I oppose them because the Government is trying to amend the Water Services Acts through a separate Bill. I really want to speak to amendment No. 21 which relates to private and other tenants. I implore the Minister to listen but not with his usual somewhat condescending and arrogant demeanour.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: I withdraw it.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: There is a point to it.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: I will outline why I made the remark. The Minister is winking away. He goes on about people saying he is arrogant, although he has just winked at somebody.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: That is how casually the Minister is taking this.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: If there is one thing private tenants do not need, it is the Minister changing their leases to make them more vulnerable to being evicted. There are three steps he could have taken to make their position somewhat safer, but he never bothered with them. A previous speaker raised the issue rent controls. I became a Member one year ago, but many before me had been asking the Minister - I...

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: The Minister does it so well. It is the stock in trade of the gombeen politician.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: The Minister is a gombeen man.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: The Minister of State introduced that debate.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: On a point of order, one does not have to be Irish to pay water charges. Will people, please, stop saying Irish-----

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: It is. One in four of my constituents is not Irish, but they will be paying water charges.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: I am sorry, jbut we also represent people who are not Irish.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: One in four people in Dublin West is from outside Ireland. I represent them also and the Minister is asking them to pay water charges. They may not have a vote, but they will pay water charges.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: Yes, but the Minister should stop patronising.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: It is an important clarification.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: Will the Minister stop wasting time and deal with the amendments?

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: That has nothing to do with the amendments.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: The figure is €540 million and it has nothing to do with what the Minister is talking about.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: The Minister is trying to divert attention from the real issue again.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: The Minister has to speak to the amendments.