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Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)

Tommy Broughan: Deputy Coonan, please. Deputy McGrath is entitled to make his contribution.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)

Tommy Broughan: I ask the Deputy to speak to the amendment.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)

Tommy Broughan: I ask Deputy Michelle Mulherin to speak to the amendment.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)

Tommy Broughan: I ask Deputy Michelle Mulherin to confine her remarks to the amendment.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)

Tommy Broughan: Will Deputy Niall Collins please desist?

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)

Tommy Broughan: I ask Deputies on both sides to stick to the amendment.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)

Tommy Broughan: I ask Members to stick to the content of the amendment to this important Bill.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)

Tommy Broughan: Please allow the Deputy in possession to continue without interruption.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)

Tommy Broughan: The Deputy, without interruption.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)

Tommy Broughan: The Deputy should speak on the amendment.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)

Tommy Broughan: The Deputy should proceed on the amendment. Has she completed her contribution?

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)

Tommy Broughan: I again remind Members that we are on Report Stage and not on Committee Stage. Consequently, we cannot have points being put from the other side of the House while a Member is speaking. If a Member wishes to make a point, he or she should do so in his or her comeback contribution, because we have such a limited time to discuss an important amendment to an important Bill.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)

Tommy Broughan: I may have a Dublin accent, but I first assisted my father in putting in a septic tank when I was six or seven years old.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)

Tommy Broughan: Yes.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)

Tommy Broughan: I remind the Deputy that this is the second round of contributions. I will allow him to make a further contribution at the end.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)

Tommy Broughan: In view of the fact that the Deputy is the proposer of the amendment, I have given him a degree of latitude. However, I must proceed to call Deputy Martin Ferris.

Written Answers — Economic Competitiveness: Economic Competitiveness (24 Jan 2012)

Tommy Broughan: Question 91: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will establish a top pay commission to research and review all levels of compensation and remuneration across the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3321/12]

Written Answers — National Statistics: National Statistics (24 Jan 2012)

Tommy Broughan: Question 95: To ask the Taoiseach the size of the workforce here, that is, the total number of those employed on 9 March 2011 and the total size of the workforce on 28 January 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3975/12]

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (24 Jan 2012)

Tommy Broughan: Question 115: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the reported displacement of thousands of Ethiopians off their own land under the Ethiopian Government's villagisation programme in which the Government has already leased 3.6 million hectares of land to foreign investors for large scale commercial agricultural operations with plans to lease an...

Written Answers — Economic Competitiveness: Economic Competitiveness (24 Jan 2012)

Tommy Broughan: Question 289: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in the context of the recent report from the National Competitiveness Council, Ireland's Competitiveness Challenge 2011, his views that there is a need for a reinvigorated rip-off Ireland type campaign to target and lower prices for consumers here in a range of sectors including the energy, liquid fuel and transportation...