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

Mattie McGrath: If the Minister wants to laugh, he can. Ag gáire í gcónaí. There is nothing for Deputy Tom Hayes to laugh about, as he well knows from meeting people.

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

Mattie McGrath: Ag béal mór ag gáire í gcónaí. The Deputy is hiding from the people of Tipperary, but there is nowhere to hide. Thank God, an inspector from the council will only visit a house by arrangement. Home owners will not wake up in the morning to see inspectors in their back gardens. The Minister has acknowledged that they cannot get away with that, as someone would have been shot or hurt....

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

Mattie McGrath: I appreciate that. However, some of the Deputies who wish to speak today could have participated in the debate in the committee last week instead of coming in at intervals, as several Fine Gael Party Members did, merely to make up a quorum. The exception was Deputy Michelle Mulherin, who came in from her office to lecture us all.

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

Mattie McGrath: It is patent nonsense and arrogance of the highest extreme, but that is not unusual for the Fine Gael Party. Will the Minister, at this late stage, have some respect for the people who put him in office? There is a great deal of important work to be done in his Department and, in fairness to the Minister, he has already done some good work. I ask him to have sense and to include the...

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

Mattie McGrath: I am finishing. It was the same last night in respect of the Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011, with the regulatory impact analysis taking place only after the Bill is passed.

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

Mattie McGrath: Who prosecutes councils?

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

Mattie McGrath: That is what the Government is stating.

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

Mattie McGrath: That is what those sitting beside the Deputy are saying.

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

Mattie McGrath: I am here.

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

Mattie McGrath: Deputy Michelle Mulherin said I was not here.

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

Mattie McGrath: I ask the Deputy to withdraw her remark.

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

Mattie McGrath: Deputy Michelle Mulherin said I had left the Chamber.

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

Mattie McGrath: Or be an interruption.

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

Mattie McGrath: They paid the fees.

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

Mattie McGrath: They paid thousands.

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

Mattie McGrath: That is it.

Order of Business (25 Jan 2012)

Mattie McGrath: A Cheann Comhairle-----

Order of Business (25 Jan 2012)

Mattie McGrath: This morning, I received a letter from your good self, a Cheann Comhairle, about the Water Services (Amendment) Bill. I am not blaming you-----

Order of Business (25 Jan 2012)

Mattie McGrath: We need legislation for this. Anything can be raised here. Last week a matter was dismissed because it would have placed a cost on the Exchequer.

Order of Business (25 Jan 2012)

Mattie McGrath: This is farcical, a Cheann Comhairle. I am not blaming you but-----