I agree with Senator Paschal Mooney in welcoming the moving of writs for the by-elections in Roscommon-South Leitrim and Dublin South West. I wish candidates, particularly the Fianna Fáil candidates of Mr. Ivan Connaughton and Mr. John Lahart, every success. This is the opportunity for payback to the Government.

I thought there would be a Leyden on the ticket.

We were given promises in the last general election that were broken. Promises were given by the Taoiseach and the then Minister for Health, Deputy James Reilly, that the round-the-clock services at Roscommon's accident and emergency department would be retained but instead it was closed. The people of Roscommon had an opportunity to show an opinion in the local elections, with Fine Gael losing approximately seven seats. Now it is payback time and on 10 October, the people of Roscommon-South Leitrim will come out and I hope they will vote for an anti-Government candidate.

It is a shame there is no Leyden on the ticket.

The best anti-Government candidates are Mr. Connaughton and Mr. Lahart, who represent the Fianna Fáil Party. There will be a great opportunity for the people to have their say at this point. I hope the numbers will emerge.

The Senator should listen to Councillor Mary Hanafin.

We are getting a wonderful response on the doorsteps. The Fine Gael candidate in Roscommon-South Leitrim promised there would be no water charges for anybody who had to boil water for more than three months. That is a lie.

It is drinking water.

It is untrue.

Do not distort the facts.

That statement has been taken down from the Fine Gael website. This will be a great opportunity and we all look forward to 10 October. It will be the start of the fightback and the beginning of the evolution in Fianna Fáil in finding its way back to government. Our ambition is to be in government in 2016.

I have many relations in bonny Scotland. I wish the Scots every success, whatever decision is made. It is 100 years since Ireland was given the Home Rule Bill which became obsolete. The Scots have an opportunity today and I hope they make a wise decision. We look forward to working with them in unity and partnership in Europe and the world. Scotland and Ireland can be united in business and ideological background.

If we had less of the political broadcasting, it might be helpful to the Order of Business.

I understand why Senator Paschal Mooney advertised his two candidates, aided by Senator Terry Leyden. Mary Hanafin probably does not know who they are.

Who is that?

The Senator would like to forget his former Cabinet colleagues.

This is the first opportunity to replace the two elected members of the European Parliament. By-elections, by law, must be held within six months of a vacancy arising, so this is normal business. I smiled when the Senator mentioned water charges, with his tongue planted firmly in cheek. He knows well that there are alleviating measures for medical and other reasons, an appeals system and a regulator will decide on certain matters. We should allow the process to continue.

One should remember that this Government inherited an appalling mess, as the Senator knows. It is the same Civil Service used by the former Government and it is well aware - as we all are - of what the former Government set in train and signed up to.

The Civil Service is telling the Government what to do.

This Government is not reneging on anything and it is acting properly. As has been said, the recovery is under way. Although it may be slow, it is sure. It is better that we are going in that direction when we consider from where we have come.

On a point of order, there are 21,000 people in Roscommon who cannot use water.

That is not a point of order.

The Government has failed to address that issue.

I have given the Senator much latitude and that is not a point of order.

The Government is voting today on a Fianna Fáil motion and it will reject the notion of giving an exemption to those 21,000 people and others who must use boiled water. That is not a good-----

It is not a point of order.

There is no clarity around the medical exemptions.

I have given the Senator much latitude. He should resume his seat.

There is no clarity.

The Senator should not get so rattled.