Mattie McGrath (Tipperary South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

When is the Minister going to act on the mandate that he got from the people of this country? When is he going to fulfil the promises he made to look after the ordinary people, to burn the bondholders and to cut the obscene wages of former politicians and bankers, as well as serving bankers, as we found out this week? When is he going to live up to his reputation for being a hard man? I remember seeing the Minister on a television programme with the former Deputy Pat Carey, who is a gentleman. He had all of the answers that night but has had none since. He is an abject failure.

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