Darragh O'Brien (Fianna Fail)

A Chathaoirligh, may I raise a point of order? The purpose of the amendment was to address the lack of clarity on the Government side as to whether a water charge or a household charge is proposed. Am I to take it from the Leader's answer that a household charge will proceed on 1 January of next year? Has the Leader given that clarification, although this was not tied into the EU-IMF deal? If that charge will be in force from 1 January next year, as the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government has said, there is no need to proceed with the amendment.