I want to raise a matter that should be inserted for discussion tomorrow, that is, the ongoing boil water notice that is affecting 600,000 people. If it is decided by Irish Water and Fingal County Council not to lift the boil water notice today, it will merit a Dáil debate because, frankly, it is a major problem-----

We cannot have a debate about it. Let us revisit the issue in the morning.

May I make a point about why the matter should be inserted?

This is grandstanding.

Many are suffering, including people with illnesses, people who have to go and buy water all over Fingal and County Kildare-----

The Deputy has made her point. We cannot have a debate on the matter.

It is a technical problem which has been caused by chronic under-investment. Is this going to be the new norm? Is the issue going to arise every time there is heavy rainfall-----

We cannot get into a long debate about the matter. The Deputy has made her point. We can come back to the issue in the morning.

It is actually the norm to give Members less than a minute to make a point about why something should be-----

If I could be of help-----

The Minister is going to be helpful.

I know, but I am just making a point.

Will the Deputy make her point then?

What is the point in having the Business Committee?

What happened to Leaders' Questions?

It was not known last Thursday that the boil water notice would be extended to Tuesday. My point is that if it is extended further, the matter will be of national importance because we will have a water system that is not serving the needs of 600,000 people.

They want to pick on County Tipperary.

Without being shouted down from the usual quarter-----

You were shouting down a minute ago, but that was fine. It is always one law for you and one for the rest of us.

It is outrageous.

I will always shout down racists. This is about the supply of water.

She is calling me a racist, a Cheann Comhairle.

She is calling Deputy Grealish a racist. She should withdraw the remark.

The Deputy should not level that accusation against a Member.

She should withdraw it.

I said I would always shout down racists. That is the reality.

The Deputy should not level that accusation against a Member.

She should withdraw the comment.

It should be withdrawn.

As there is not a hope in hell of me withdrawing it, you can just forget it, okay.

Okay.

The point is that this is a national issue and that the Minister needs to bring representatives of Irish Water here. They refused to attend Fingal County Council's meeting last night.

A Cheann Comhairle, Members want to get in on the Order of Business. Can the clock be stopped?

I call the Minister.

Representatives of Irish Water spent hours at the Oireachtas joint committee last week speaking about this issue. There will be a meeting at 3 p.m. today and the result of that meeting will mean that there will not be a need to have this item discussed tomorrow on the Order of Business. We should, if we want to make time available in the future, have a proper discussion about water services and water quality, particularly at the Leixlip plant, because there have been two recent boil water notices. I will have no problem in that regard, but I do not think it will be necessary to discuss this item tomorrow, following the meeting at 3 p.m. today, without getting ahead of the process.

Are the proposals for dealing with tomorrow's business agreed to? Agreed. Are the proposals for dealing with Thursday's business agreed to? Agreed. Twenty-nine Deputies have indicated that they want to contribute on the Order of Business.