David Cullinane (Sinn Fein)

I ask the Leader if we will now see governance by press release. We had a number of debates in this House concerning the Water Services (Amendment) Bill and only last week the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government was here to discuss amendments to the Bill and the septic tank charge. Members of my party and Fianna Fáil, along with some Independents, tabled numerous amendments dealing with the €50 registration charge, calling on it to be abolished. The Minister rejected all those amendments out of hand, only to make an announcement outside the Oireachtas, which is not the way to do business.