Mattie McGrath (Tipperary South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I, too, welcome the Taoiseach to the debate and want to take up where Deputy Shane Ross left off. He said the Government had options. Of course it did but, worse, it made so many promises. On entering office, the Taoiseach, the Tánaiste and all of their colleagues, including the Ministers of State at the Departments of Finance and Health, Deputies Brian Hayes and Alex White, respectively, had the relevant books and papers, knew the state the country was in and did not have to promise anything. The last Government was to be banished from office because of grievous mistakes. The Taoiseach may laugh if he likes - bí ag gáire - but, like me, the public are tired. I put him on notice that the public are tired of his shenanigans in Brussels. They are tired of his trips and the "Heil Hitler". He is bound to Angela and giving her a kiss on the lips or fingers. The public are tired of this. What the Taoiseach needs to grow is a pair of you-know-what and tell Angela that we are a sovereign people, that we are in trouble and will not take any more of this penury and misery. The Taoiseach is an honourable man-----

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