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

Mattie McGrath: Yes.

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

Mattie McGrath: I did no such thing.

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

Mattie McGrath: We know that.

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

Mattie McGrath: The Minister can fund Deputy Tom Hayes's scheme in Golden and my scheme in Newcastle.

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

Mattie McGrath: You should clip his wings.

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

Mattie McGrath: It is a guessing game.

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

Mattie McGrath: It cannot and will not.

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

Mattie McGrath: Can pigs fly?

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

Mattie McGrath: It is a smokescreen. The Minister did not want to bring it in.

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

Mattie McGrath: Yes.

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

Mattie McGrath: They had no choice.

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

Mattie McGrath: Ba mhaith liom fíor-fáilte a ghabháil le muintir Chonamara atá anseo inniu. I support Deputy Collins's amendment. I will not go over what was asked of the Minister by all the previous speakers but we cannot buy a pig in a poke. We cannot say "everything will be all right, Jack" and if we sign up to this, the Minister will look after us. Does he intend to have a slush fund so he can...

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

Mattie McGrath: The last speaker is dead right. The Minister was elected on a basis of trust, which is being quickly eroded. He must build the trust of the people but he is undermining whatever he has, so the people do not trust him. He is coming here and being flippant, arrogant, less than fair and dishonest. He is telling us that we are scaremongering and that it is Deputies Ó Cuív and Mattie McGrath...

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

Mattie McGrath: I am speaking to the amendment. I am asking the Minister to indicate what standards will be used before he allows any inspections. He is talking about a consultation after the Bill is passed. The Minister can make flippant remarks about the last Government but he has been here a long time. Why did he not raise this issue over the past 30 years and get it sorted?

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

Mattie McGrath: Why is it being bulldozed through now? This will not work. The Minister should go back to the people and allow self-assessment. He should support the public and if people need help, they should get the required support. He should not use the hammer.

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

Mattie McGrath: The Minister did not.

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

Mattie McGrath: Where is it written down?

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

Mattie McGrath: He does not go to them.

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

Mattie McGrath: Would we be invited?

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

Mattie McGrath: Ku Klux Klan.