David Cullinane (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

It is outrageous that we have to use the opportunity of a Government amendment to try to squeeze some latitude from a Chairman to raise legitimate concerns about the Bill. It flies in the face of what the Minister and his party promised about a different type of governance when they were in opposition and following the election. We made exactly the same arguments when the Minister railroaded through the Water Services Bill. We were not allowed to raise the questions we wanted to ask. Amendments were ruled out of order. Questions were not answered and we see what happened since then and the debacle that has taken place.