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- Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I am not yet finished. The Government has broken all of its promises. The Taoiseach reneged on his commitment to the families of those killed in the Omagh bomb and to the Stardust victims' committee. He told them that they would never have to make another telephone call but they have not heard from him in two and a half years. The Government has also broken its promise on the late Fr....
- Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)
Mattie McGrath: Members of the Government backbenches can laugh all they like. However, they can hide but they cannot run.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)
Mattie McGrath: The Government can neither run nor hide.
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Mattie McGrath: There is no place to run.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)
Mattie McGrath: Run like a rabbit in the fog lights.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)
Mattie McGrath: It is a matter of trust. The young have lost trust in this Government. Why is it that one in four of our young people have to leave our shores? It is a tragedy. Will the Government establish a specific ministry to deal with this issue? The time for talking and rubbing hands has long past. There are too many Departments dealing with this issue. We need a Minister who is focused and...
- Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)
Mattie McGrath: That is what happened, the Government never started.
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Mattie McGrath: In spite of the Government.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)
Mattie McGrath: How many full time jobs have been created?
- Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)
Mattie McGrath: Pat yourselves on the back?
- Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)
Mattie McGrath: That is just papering over the cracks.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)
Mattie McGrath: What about SUSI?
- Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)
Mattie McGrath: Live horse and you'll get grass.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)
Mattie McGrath: Nearly two and a half years ago, this Government took office with the hopes and dreams of a nation behind it. Like some great prophet, the Taoiseach announced that he was entering into a covenant with the Irish people. Maybe we should have spotted, even then, the delusions he had about what exactly his role would be. Since the Government was formed, however, the Taoiseach has betrayed the...
- Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)
Mattie McGrath: The Taoiseach has failed to keep faith with the promises he made and the defined mandate on which the Government was elected.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I wonder if the Minister, Deputy Rabbitte, is waiting to milk another cow. He has his hands out there.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)
Mattie McGrath: You will be like that very soon, at a graveside. The Government has failed to keep the promises it made. Hardly any group has suffered more from those betrayals than the young people of our country. Emigration rates have continued to rise, not just annually but also monthly and weekly. Over a quarter of Irish households have seen a close family member emigrate in the past two years.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)
Mattie McGrath: Empty vessels make most noise.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)
Mattie McGrath: When he goes back to Longford, he will get his answers from the people he promised on the pro-life issue. The Taoiseach's so-called covenant has failed to prevent us from losing an entire generation of our young people. This week, the Taoiseach spoke eloquently about Ireland's EU Presidency. I compliment him on his six months in charge but he said the high levels of youth unemployment...
- Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)
Mattie McGrath: Who is the Taoiseach trying to cod? What hope can any young person have that the Taoiseach or the Government will be able to deliver on this grand promise? Ireland has almost the highest youth unemployment rate in western Europe with up to one in four young people aged 17 to 25 jobless and one in three men unemployed.