Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source

They had the choice to stay. He spoke enough yesterday morning. I think it was outrageous. We had a situation recently with a journalist asking someone to ask questions. I heard him this morning. It was a case of dúirt bean liom go ndúirt bean léi mar a dúirt tusa, a Cheann Comhairle. It was a case of dúirt bean, fear agus buachaill óg freisin. There was no buachaill or man anywhere to be found. He was backtracking big time. The full story in Tipperary is dúirt bean liom go ndúirt bean léi go raibh fear i dTiobraid Árann a bhfuil póca ina léine aige.

A woman told me that a woman told her that there is a man in Tipperary with a pocket in his shirt. That saying is 50 years old and I would have loved to hear the Tánaiste quoting it yesterday. It is a lovely old adage.

In terms of Leaders' Questions, it was very serious to rush this in. There are only seven Members here now but in terms of polls, Deputy Howlin needed some kind of an outburst. He has serious questions to answer regarding what happened with the AMAI and the management of local democracy. Those questions have been put to him, but he has point blank refused to answer them. He needs to look into that. What happened the funds given by local authorities to the AMAI? Where did they go? I am not alleging the Deputy has anything to do with that, but where is the money trail?

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