Mattie McGrath (Tipperary South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The health (private patient charges) Bill. It is another charge that has been slipped in similar to the carbon tax.

I refer to the Central Bank consolidation Bill. We still have no idea about the guidelines that will be used for personal insolvency but the Central Bank seems to be doing everything it wants to secure the banks while to hell with the people, whether it is private business owners or ordinary householders in mortgage arrears and negative equity. The officials are not dealing with businesses; they are only interested in sorting out the books of their own banks. When will the Government take them on?

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