Higgins, JoeWednesday, 18 April 2012 |
Dáil Éireann Debate
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Leaders’ Questions
There is no free water; we pay for it through our taxes.
Then fix the bloody pipes.
Deputy Buttimer cannot even get his geography right.
Look at the evidence. Water usage per household——
There is no evidence——
Order of Business
Question put.
Voted No
Notwithstanding what the Taoiseach said this morning, the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Hogan, said yesterday that he was in favour——
——of having water cut off to people’s homes.
Yes, he did.
No, but the legislative issue that arises, a Cheann Comhairle——
——relates to the Local Government (Financial Provisions) Act 1997. Section 12 removed the power of local authorities to implement water charges for homes and therefore removed the monstrous power to ...
Well——
The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Hogan, in response to a journalist clearly indicated yesterday that this was his wish. That needs a legislative response.
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