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- Financial Resolutions 2013 - Financial Resolution No. 15: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2012)
Mattie McGrath: There is great value in the Taoiseach's speeches.
- Financial Resolutions 2013 - Financial Resolution No. 15: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2012)
Mattie McGrath: They are taxing the hearse.
- Financial Resolutions 2013 - Financial Resolution No. 15: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2012)
Mattie McGrath: The Government is taxing the hearse.
- Financial Resolutions 2013 - Financial Resolution No. 15: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2012)
Mattie McGrath: It will be the shroud next.
- Financial Resolutions 2013 - Financial Resolution No. 15: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2012)
Mattie McGrath: Can you not go over behind him if-----
- Financial Resolutions 2013 - Financial Resolution No. 15: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2012)
Mattie McGrath: It is not working.
- Financial Resolutions 2013 - Financial Resolution No. 15: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2012)
Mattie McGrath: By God, it did.
- Financial Resolutions 2013 - Financial Resolution No. 15: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2012)
Mattie McGrath: Fine Gael gave Labour a hand.
- Financial Resolutions 2013 - Financial Resolution No. 15: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2012)
Mattie McGrath: Labour had its own way.
- Financial Resolutions 2013 - Financial Resolution No. 15: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2012)
Mattie McGrath: Sucked it in and blew it out.
- Financial Resolutions 2013 - Financial Resolution No. 15: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2012)
Mattie McGrath: Including the Minister, Deputy Hogan.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2012)
Mattie McGrath: What about Greece?
- Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2012)
Mattie McGrath: There are hungry people here too. They cannot live on rabbit.
- Financial Resolution No. 5: Excise (5 Dec 2012)
Mattie McGrath: This budget has been punitive for farmers. Whatever Deputy Tom Hayes says, it applies more to small farmers. PRSI, farm assist and this VAT measure make it very serious. The agriculture industry has been suffering over the past year. Although it had a lift in the past two years, the weather was bad over the summer and is bad again now. The sum of €21 million is a lot to take from...
- Financial Resolution No. 5: Excise (5 Dec 2012)
Mattie McGrath: I did and we can all learn from our mistakes.
- Financial Resolution No. 5: Excise (5 Dec 2012)
Mattie McGrath: I am also supporting the farmers in Wexford. How will we encourage communities, such as a school or a family, to do something for the environment? The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government might be in Doha, or wherever he is-----
- Financial Resolution No. 5: Excise (5 Dec 2012)
Mattie McGrath: -----but people voted with their pockets and bought cars with low emissions. I need a big car because I have a big family but the breach of trust is not fair.
- Financial Resolution No. 5: Excise (5 Dec 2012)
Mattie McGrath: I cannot believe the vehicle registration measure. I am being magnanimous in that I do not know if Richie Ryan is late or if he is still alive. I do not want to be mean to him. The budget of Richie Ruin contained a terrible thing but now the Government is taxing the hearse. Will it tax the shroud or the habit next? I cannot believe the sneaky things that are included here.
- Financial Resolution No. 5: Excise (5 Dec 2012)
Mattie McGrath: It is punitive in the extreme. The Government has increased the tax on the hearse, the vehicle that will bury us all when we are deceased. Richie Ryan did not do that.
- Financial Resolution No. 5: Excise (5 Dec 2012)
Mattie McGrath: I am not mixed up. The habit and the shroud are not safe.