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

Paul Murphy: Will the Deputy's mob make them pay it?

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

Paul Murphy: What is the Minister's response?

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

Paul Murphy: It is not as easy as reading the ESB meter.

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

Paul Murphy: Was that not Fine Gael?

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

Paul Murphy: That is unparliamentary language. I think he referred to me as a terrorist.

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

Paul Murphy: I think he just referred to terrorists in the House.

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

Paul Murphy: Will the Deputy please withdraw the statement about terrorists?

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

Paul Murphy: I was repeatedly referred to as ISIS. The Deputy, I think, is referring to me as a terrorist.

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

Paul Murphy: Is that unparliamentary? I do not have a mob. Will the Deputy withdraw the statement?

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

Paul Murphy: I do not have a mob. Will the Deputy withdraw the statement?

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

Paul Murphy: I do not have a mob. Will the Deputy withdraw the statement?

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

Paul Murphy: I do not have a mob. Will the Deputy withdraw the statement?

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

Paul Murphy: Has the Deputy even read the amendments?

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

Paul Murphy: That is not in the amendments.

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

Paul Murphy: With this set of amendments, in particular Amendment No. 21, we are getting to the heart of the Government’s way of doing business, and why it is in effect ramming a new legislation through an existing Bill that has nothing to do with water charges. The approach can be summed up in the word “bullying”. The Bill is about scaremongering and using certain tactics to push...

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

Paul Murphy: Okay. That is fine. Is the Minister in a position to give us the figures about the levels of payment of water charges? He has the figures.

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

Paul Murphy: The Cabinet discussed them on Tuesday.

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

Paul Murphy: Certainly. The matter is related because this is an attempt to push up the payment levels, which are clearly embarrassingly low from the point of view of the Government. I say to the Minister, the Government and to Irish Water – they cannot hide forever. They can do what they want to try to bring up the figures, but they will be forced to reveal them at some stage-----

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

Paul Murphy: -----and if as I suspect they are not good for the Government, we will have a crisis.

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

Paul Murphy: We will see. I look forward to the figures.