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Water Services Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2014)

Derek Keating: It is.

Water Services Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2014)

Derek Keating: Was she here last night?

Water Services Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2014)

Derek Keating: One cannot survive without food.

Water Services Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2014)

Derek Keating: One cannot survive without food but one must pay for that.

Water Services Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2014)

Derek Keating: If Deputy Joan Collins had her way, she would pay for nothing.

Water Services Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2014)

Derek Keating: The Deputy is out on the streets telling people not to pay for their water.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2014)

Derek Keating: It was the people who would make the decision, not the Government.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2014)

Derek Keating: I support the inclusion of the public water forum in the section. When I first heard reference to the public forum, a specific reference was made to another forum that had been set up some time ago, namely, the Constitutional Convention. I was a member of that convention and I attended every one of those meetings over a period of a year or more. As that process developed, one could see its...

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2014)

Derek Keating: A Leas-Cheann Comhairle, that does not relate to the section.

Order of Business (11 Dec 2014)

Derek Keating: What is the current status of the data sharing Bill?

Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2014)

Derek Keating: Where is Deputy Paul Murphy?

Business of Dáil (9 Dec 2014)

Derek Keating: We have changed the sitting hours of the Dáil.

Business of Dáil (9 Dec 2014)

Derek Keating: Is that too late for the Deputy?

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Unemployment Data (9 Dec 2014)

Derek Keating: 116. To ask the Taoiseach the percentage of the labour force in Dublin mid-west that is officially unemployed in 2014 compared with each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46932/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Investment Package: European Commission Office Ireland (4 Dec 2014)

Derek Keating: I will be brief. My colleague has touched on the issue I wished to raise, the process associated with the identification of the infrastructural projects. The Chairman also touched on another issue that was on my mind, the possibilities and options for Ireland in terms of getting a fair share of the available investment.

Order of Business (4 Dec 2014)

Derek Keating: Deputy Cowen wants to guillotine it.

Health Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (3 Dec 2014)

Derek Keating: I am pleased to be able to make a contribution to the debate in the presence of the Minister. The HSE will benefit from an additional €305 million in Exchequer funding over the amount allocated last year, which is a very good beginning. It has identified a minimum savings target of €130 million in procurement, drugs and agency costs. I am anxious that these savings, in...

Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Accommodation Provision (2 Dec 2014)

Derek Keating: I thank the Minister for his response. It is clear from his contribution that there is no simple solution and this issue cannot be resolved by the stroke of a pen. It is a complex situation and I wish the Minister well in dealing with it. We will be watching vigilantly given what has happened and I wish him well with the work.

Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Accommodation Provision (2 Dec 2014)

Derek Keating: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this matter for discussion. I welcome the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government and thank him for coming to the House to participate in this debate. I submitted this topic for discussion on a number of occasions last week and decided to try one more time before I left the House last Friday. Little did I know then that by the...

Order of Business (27 Nov 2014)

Derek Keating: Will the Tánaiste advise me on the current status of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013?