Mattie McGrath (Tipperary South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

-----in endowing themselves to Angela and the people over there. The Government is having them over for a party this weekend. It will tell them all about the big deal, they will have a big celebration in Dublin Castle and they will have a great time. However, as I said, the people outside this House who are watching what is happening in here are asking where is the unequivocal write-down that was promised. We were all promised that. The Minister, Deputy Rabbitte, let the cat, or the rabbit, out of the bag some months ago, but he has gone back into the burrow again because we have no write-down. The Tánaiste was out in Chile with his chilling words but where are they now? They were mealy-mouthed words.

When I look across at the member of Cabinet, I do not see one businessman sitting at the Cabinet table and that is the problem because they do not understand business. They do not understand the value of a pound.

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