I refer to the water services Bill and the proposal by the Taoiseach and his Government for what I would call a torture technique, namely, reducing water pressure to the homes of people who are unable to pay the Government's new water tax.

Where are we going with this?

Turn on the tap.

My question is in the context of the water services Bill, which provides for what I would classify as a torture technique - the reduction of water going to the houses of people who cannot afford to pay the water tax.

The water torture Bill.

Yes. It is shocking, and I would like to get some information.

I will get the information for the Deputy.

The Opposition signed off on this.

I am asking this of the Taoiseach. Deputy Kehoe will have a long wait to be Taoiseach.

The Chief Whip knows all about torture, given the events of the past week.

Water torture is an international crime and is banned.

The Taoiseach is engaging in it.

When I had the privilege of travelling beyond Killorglin with the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Deputy Deenihan, on Saturday I saw the mobile torture van. The Healy-Rae van was parked, by coincidence-----

No.

-----at a corner. I was going to arrange for a docket to be put on it on the grounds that it was a distraction, which causes its own form of torture.

It is for resuscitation.

Not in Killarney.

I have to respond. If the Taoiseach must know, that van was giving out water and bananas.

Monkeys.

That Bill has not yet been drafted and anything the Deputy reads at present is speculation.

So it is not true.