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- Promissory Notes: Statements (7 Feb 2013)
Mattie McGrath: Deputies can laugh away and talk all they want but I am so disappointed. Having said that, we are used to disappointments from the Taoiseach. We had disappointment yesterday with regard to the Magdalen laundries and we have had it every day since he came into office. We will have a debate next week, which I look forward to. I also look forward to my colleagues making realistic and honest...
- Promissory Notes: Statements (7 Feb 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I hope when all the Deputies on the opposite side of the House return to their constituencies and face their people that they will think this is such a good deal and will be in a mood to laugh because the laugh will be on the other side of their faces. I will say my few words on my own behalf and on behalf of the Independents. I am a very small businessman of long standing. I have to ask...
- Promissory Notes: Statements (7 Feb 2013)
Mattie McGrath: Of course they said that and they should not be engaging in spin.
- Promissory Notes: Statements (7 Feb 2013)
Mattie McGrath: It was written, as were the pledges. How many times was it said in here? The Tánaiste with indignation attacked the Members on this side of the House for their failures and ineptitude and he was going to show us all the way - Labour's way or Frankfurt's way. He should go back and tell the trade unions, tell his people, this and he will get his answer. It is unbelievable for the...
- Promissory Notes: Statements (7 Feb 2013)
Mattie McGrath: Yes. I admit that.
- Promissory Notes: Statements (7 Feb 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I made a big mistake in voting for the guarantee. The Taoiseach and the Fine Gael Deputies voted for it and they have not accepted that they made a mistake. I made a mistake but the Deputies opposite came in and took up the same policies with gusto-----
- Promissory Notes: Statements (7 Feb 2013)
Mattie McGrath: -----in endowing themselves to Angela and the people over there. The Government is having them over for a party this weekend. It will tell them all about the big deal, they will have a big celebration in Dublin Castle and they will have a great time. However, as I said, the people outside this House who are watching what is happening in here are asking where is the unequivocal write-down...
- Promissory Notes: Statements (7 Feb 2013)
Mattie McGrath: Minister Reilly has made a business out of his profession.
- Promissory Notes: Statements (7 Feb 2013)
Mattie McGrath: Through the Chair, I will ask some questions. What will the impact of this be for the ordinary working man and woman on the street? The Labour Party might answer that as it is supposed to represent them. At one time the old Labour Party party certainly did so.
- Promissory Notes: Statements (7 Feb 2013)
Mattie McGrath: Ask Social Justice Ireland what are its thoughts about this. Has the Government proofed this against any kind of a measurement?
- Promissory Notes: Statements (7 Feb 2013)
Mattie McGrath: No, it has not. It is in a spin with its spin doctors. It did not know what time it was coming in today. I read where the ECB noted its actions last night, just noted them if you would not mind.
- Promissory Notes: Statements (7 Feb 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I do not know what kind of note it would take and I would be over there because it does not treat matters in terms of the reality of our position. I have met the troika on three occasions and its members do not treat us in terms of the reality of our position. The Taoiseach said one thing before the election only two years ago and now he is doing the exact opposite. He is confused, and the...
- Promissory Notes: Statements (7 Feb 2013)
Mattie McGrath: That is the reason I was loth to clap this time because when one reads the small print of the deal, one can see it is not a deal. It is a cop-out, Taoiseach. It is a let-down to the Taoiseach, the public representatives sitting behind him, the Government parties and, above all, the Irish people. We had to fight and we had our chance. From all the noises the Taoiseach was making in recent...
- Promissory Notes: Statements (7 Feb 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I asked that question of the previous Government. Who was it protecting? Why are the ordinary people being bedevilled? Children born today will have a noose around their necks 25 years from now when they should be graduating from college. The people were promised many things by the Minister, Deputy Quinn, in the election but why should this impact on our children, our grandchildren, our...
- Promissory Notes: Statements (7 Feb 2013)
Mattie McGrath: What would Liam Lynch, any of the founder members or the 1916 people say?
- Promissory Notes: Statements (7 Feb 2013)
Mattie McGrath: Sorry, I did not hear you Pat.
- Promissory Notes: Statements (7 Feb 2013)
Mattie McGrath: Thank you, Minister. It is all great craic. The Minister is the crack in the Labour Party. He is the man who said we make promises in the elections and the people will not mind but they are waiting for you.
- Promissory Notes: Statements (7 Feb 2013)
Mattie McGrath: They are waiting for you in the long grass. The Deputy might be gone out on pension but the lads will not be out on pension. They know where they will be - facing the music. On a serious note-----
- Promissory Notes: Statements (7 Feb 2013)
Mattie McGrath: It is so sad that this Government got one of the finest mandates any Government ever got and it reneged totally on it. It has been an utter failure in terms of the people who elected it. That is a sad legacy to leave behind. I accept it inherited a great deal of trouble - it talks about that every day in the House - but it is time to move on. Its members are in charge now. The Minister,...
- Promissory Notes: Statements (7 Feb 2013)
Mattie McGrath: It is unbelievable. It is time to move on. We are a proud people. We want to pay our way, and we want to pay the debt we owe, but not the massive billions in debt that accrued from money that was borrowed and lent here by rogue bankers, speculators and unsecured bondholders that the Tánaiste said the Government would burn. Where are they now? They are warming their backsides at the...