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Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I have but I did not get any answer.

Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)

Mattie McGrath: It is on the Order of Business. The Water Services Bill and Bord Uisce are being rushed through.

Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I am asking the Minister, Deputy Hogan, to be fair and honest with people and not lead them astray----

Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)

Mattie McGrath: -----applying for jobs that they cannot get because they do not have a turnover of €500,000.

Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)

Mattie McGrath: Is it a big boys' club?

Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2013)

Mattie McGrath: It is blaming people.

Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2013)

Mattie McGrath: When will the Taoiseach act on the mandate he received from the people over two years ago, be a man and stand up for what he believes in and what he promised the people, and not blame everything on the past Government? I heard John Dolan of the Disability Federation of Ireland on radio this morning. The Taoiseach had a path worn going over and back to Buswell's Hotel to meet him and make...

Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2013)

Mattie McGrath: No, I am not.

Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I am sure the Taoiseach does not mind ignoring the Supreme Court. He ignored the Supreme Court on the children's referendum. He is still ignoring it.

Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2013)

Mattie McGrath: It would suit the Taoiseach.

Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2013)

Mattie McGrath: He has four months to do it. We will all help him.

Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2013)

Mattie McGrath: Like the money for mental health services that was ring-fenced.

Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2013)

Mattie McGrath: Yesterday?

Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2013)

Mattie McGrath: It boggles me to hear the Taoiseach refer to a sunset clause because this cohort of 5,000 people will never see sunrise or sunset. They will be locked in their homes. This was a very specialised grant. The legal issue has been known for five years. The Ombudsman brought it to the last Government's attention. The Taoiseach promised a new era of transparency. He has known about this for...

Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2013)

Mattie McGrath: To make it worse, the backbenchers over there-----

Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I will talk to the Chair. The backbenchers over there knew about this for two days or more. They knew this was coming. They knew it last summer so they should have put it to bed once and for all. Will the Taoiseach find the moral courage to stand up to his officials who are pushing this on him? He is too weak to resist.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Carbon Tax Exemptions (27 Feb 2013)

Mattie McGrath: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will amend the Finance Act 2013 to ensure that all registered agricultural contractors and FCI member contractors will be entitled to claim carbon tax relief against their income tax as farmers can currently claim this relief but agricultural contractors can not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10678/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Capital Programme (27 Feb 2013)

Mattie McGrath: To ask the Minister for Health the reason the acute hospital budget for hospitals in the south east is significantly lower than the budgets in all other regions which stands at just €565 per capita compared to an average per capita spend of €691; the basis on which the acute hospital budget allocation is made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10482/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications (27 Feb 2013)

Mattie McGrath: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reasons an application for funding under the sports capital grant could be made invalid; where these conditions are published; the way an application can be deemed invalid for reasons that they were not made aware of prior to submission of the application and for reasons that were not published with the application form; the appeals...

State Forestry: Motion [Private Members] (26 Feb 2013)

Mattie McGrath: They have enough taken without taking our natural assets.