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- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Dec 2014)
Gerard Craughwell: Put a bucket out.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Dec 2014)
Gerard Craughwell: There is no such thing as a computer generated e-mail.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Dec 2014)
Gerard Craughwell: They pay a higher property tax.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (18 Dec 2014)
Gerard Craughwell: What happened to their bonuses?
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (18 Dec 2014)
Gerard Craughwell: We do not need them.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (18 Dec 2014)
Gerard Craughwell: We would chop a load off that.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (18 Dec 2014)
Gerard Craughwell: Do not start on the unions, please.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (18 Dec 2014)
Gerard Craughwell: A plebiscite is-----
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (18 Dec 2014)
Gerard Craughwell: It changes nothing.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (18 Dec 2014)
Gerard Craughwell: It surely is a fix.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (18 Dec 2014)
Gerard Craughwell: There is no money.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (18 Dec 2014)
Gerard Craughwell: I do not mean to be critical but I do like to follow it on paper as the Minister of State speaks so that I can note various points. I do not mean to be awkward.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (18 Dec 2014)
Gerard Craughwell: Is the Minister asking that we defer taking the Bill until January to give us plenty of time to consider it?
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2014)
Gerard Craughwell: Yes.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2014)
Gerard Craughwell: Yesterday, I advised the Leader of my view that the Water Services Bill is bring rushed through the Houses of the Oireachtas and - in light of public concern regarding this issue - stated that I would request that today's Order of Business to be amended in order that our deliberations on it be delayed until January. It is wrong that we are dealing with the Bill in this way. As a result, I...
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2014)
Gerard Craughwell: The Leader is probably shaking in his boots this morning at the likelihood I would request an amendment to the Order of Business. I wish to withdraw my intention to seek an amendment. I thank Senator Hayden who approached me yesterday and advised me of a report on private rental property that is soon to come out. Senator Hayden has the same concerns as me so I am very happy to withdraw...
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2014)
Gerard Craughwell: I echo the words of all Senators who have spoken against the rush to bring the Water Services Bill 2014 to this House. The Seanad was retained as an independent House and I deeply regret the words of the Minister for Health, Deputy Varadkar, and various other people. I also will not be intimidated by the group e-mails I am receiving that seek to force my decision-making one way or another....
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Dec 2014)
Gerard Craughwell: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Dec 2014)
Gerard Craughwell: The first thing I would like to do is to support Senator van Turnhout with respect to Childline. Last week I said here that because of the teachers' strike there was €4.81 million sitting in the Department of Education which would not now be paid to teachers. I asked that it be diverted to the homeless. That has not happened. We talk about cherishing our children. Our record is...
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Dec 2014)
Gerard Craughwell: It is my view that we must immediately have a debate in this House with the Minister responsible and demand that we have not just a cap on rental income but a cap that reduces rental income by 10% in order to bring it back to a liveable state. I am putting the House on notice that I will call for an amendment to the Order of Business next Wednesday. That is giving plenty of time. If the...