Seanad debates

Thursday, 16 July 2015

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage

 

10:30 am

Photo of Gerard CraughwellGerard Craughwell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

The Minister of State is welcome. I too oppose section 47. It is said that incompetent people constantly do incompetent things. From the outset, Irish Water has been handled by incompetents. From the very start, everything about it was wrong. I have no difficulty in paying for water, but please do not tax me a second time. I already pay for water. The Government is beginning to divert my motor tax and God knows what else into Irish Water because of the fiasco it has become. It is a flop. It is time for the Government to admit it, go to the ECB, get some money, put the water system right and refloat Irish Water. The system in place is not working. The Minister of State cannot for one second believe that what has happened is a success. I am sorry the senior Minister, who believed he could ram this through the nation and force people to pay, is not here to face us.

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