Could the Taoiseach tell us precisely when the proposed water services Bill, which the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government has promised, will be brought here? Could he tell us the purpose of that Bill, since that has not been made clear, and the timescale?

Could the Taoiseach tell us whether the Minister for Justice and Equality was aware that a small battalion of gardaí was to be dispatched-----

Not on the Order of Business. Deputy Higgins will have to find some other way of raising that issue.

-----to the homes of anti-water charge activists to arrest them yesterday and this morning, and that ten gardaí arrived at the home of a 16 year old boy this morning in Tallaght to arrest him in relation to a protest in Tallaght?

Deputy Higgins will appreciate that he cannot raise that on the Order of Business.

Was the Minister aware that this would happen?

Deputy Higgins will be aware that he is out of order.

Is the Taoiseach happy to criminalise an entire community with this kind of carry-on?

On the legislation promised.

I can confirm that the Government was not aware of the operations of the Garda in this matter. It is untruthful to state that it was or to make any allegation from that point of view. I heard it on the early morning news, just as everybody else in the country did.

In respect of Deputy Clare Daly's Bill, let me confirm here that the Attorney General gave formal legal advice to the Cabinet that the Bill is unconstitutional, and that is what has been transmitted to any Deputies.