Mattie McGrath (Tipperary South, Independent)

Of course I am. I am happy the way I am. This is not going to save money. As he cannot decide on a central headquarters he has decided to have two headquarters. It is a cop-out and a farce and it will not save any money.

He announced in his local newspaper that he spent €1 million on hanging offices for Kilkenny County Council over the top of the Ard Ri in Waterford. I have the Kilkenny People sent to me on the odd occasion to inform me about what is happening in Kilkenny. One could almost fall over the river into the city. It is part of Waterford city but the Minister had the audacity to give €1 million to Kilkenny officials in order to rent a building in a shopping centre for office accommodation. He is destroying Tipperary and Limerick. He is showing a blatant disregard for public money. It is a horrible abuse of power and I resent it. He has been found out by his own colleagues. I do not see many of them this evening. His director of elections does not want him next or near the campaign. I just left him in the Shelbourne Hotel.

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