Darragh O'Brien (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Government has to realise it is not going to get its way. Instead of blaming executives and staff in Irish Water, it should take responsibility for the cack-handed way in which it tried to establish the company over the advice of independent consultants. As Senator O'Donnell called for yesterday, the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government needs to come into the House. I am proposing an amendment to the Order of Business that he come into the House today to address the matter specifically. He should suspend water charges at this stage and address the difficulties. I am formally proposing that amendment.

I thank the Deputy Leader for facilitating a discussion on the facts that are emerging on how Sinn Féin and the IRA dealt with serious child sex abuse and rape through their own private courts and army. I fully accept what Senator Bacik said about having a debate with the Minister for Justice and Equality or the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs at the appropriate time. One aspect of the matter has not been considered, however. Have Sinn Féin and the IRA submitted lists of the people they sent away from their own communities?