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

Mattie McGrath: By next August.

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

Mattie McGrath: Maybe.

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

Mattie McGrath: For God's sake.

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

Mattie McGrath: I never saw such a proposal.

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

Mattie McGrath: The Deputy is some man to talk about honesty. His party tricked the people last February.

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

Mattie McGrath: We all support that objective.

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

Mattie McGrath: "Possible" is an important word.

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

Mattie McGrath: Was it household contamination?

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

Mattie McGrath: We do not know what standards will apply.

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

Mattie McGrath: I am listening.

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

Mattie McGrath: The Government should put its money where its mouth is.

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

Mattie McGrath: Land and gentry.

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

Mattie McGrath: You will not get them again.

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

Mattie McGrath: I am delighted to note the return of my constituency colleague from Tipperary South, Deputy Tom Hayes, even though he has not spoken on the Bill.

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

Mattie McGrath: However, he is whispering continually. I once used to like a band called Big Tom and the Mainliners. However, this is like Big Tom, Big Phil and the Chancers because they are not addressing the Bill. They are trying poppycock and giving Members gobbledygook. Moreover, a public meeting is to be held in Dundrum, County Tipperary, which has been organised by Deputy Tom Hayes and which the...

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

Mattie McGrath: Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív is dead right. When this legislation is enacted, all householders will be obliged to meet the standards laid down. Moreover, as Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan noted, all householders want to meet these standards. All Members seek is for the Minister to put his money where his mouth is, by giving grant-aid to all householders to upgrade to the highest standards possible....

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

Mattie McGrath: If Deputy Tom Hayes wants to hold a public meeting, the public should be allowed to attend. It should not be a public meeting mar dhea, for Fine Gael supporters in Dundrum, County Tipperary. Everyone should be allowed to come and ask questions and the Minister should answer the questions put by the public.

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

Mattie McGrath: The Minister should define what he means by "financial hardship".

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

Mattie McGrath: A Cheann Comhairle, I got-----

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

Mattie McGrath: Yes.