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Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (25 Oct 2012)

Mattie McGrath: I am getting the exact same payment as every other Deputy in the House. Perhaps Deputies who have been in the House for longer are getting increments. I do not know.

Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (25 Oct 2012)

Mattie McGrath: Excuse me, I have the floor.

Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (25 Oct 2012)

Mattie McGrath: I wish to address the leader's allowance for which I get €42,000 a year. Deputy Durkan and his colleagues on that side of the House and this side are getting approximately €115,000 a year. I wish to put the myth to bed.

Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (25 Oct 2012)

Mattie McGrath: Deputy Durkan might not be getting it but his party coffers are getting it to pay the handlers. It is true. It is a fact.

Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (25 Oct 2012)

Mattie McGrath: I repeat that it is a fact.

Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (25 Oct 2012)

Mattie McGrath: Yes, I admit the truth of what I get, approximately €41,000 in the leader's allowance. Deputy Durkan is getting it into his party coffers.

Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (25 Oct 2012)

Mattie McGrath: Excuse me, it is a fact. I want to put on record the fact that Deputy Durkan's party is getting €115,000 or €118,000 for his time as a leader's allowance which is being used to pay handlers, people who write speeches for the Taoiseach in Béal na Bláth. Those people were never in Béal na Bláth. The party is paying for spin.

Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (25 Oct 2012)

Mattie McGrath: I am used to Deputy Durkan's bluster. The money goes to pay for the Taoiseach to go over to get pats on the head from Angela Merkel and it pays for the spin when he comes back.

Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (25 Oct 2012)

Mattie McGrath: I could do without interruptions from the other side of the House. I have the floor.

Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (25 Oct 2012)

Mattie McGrath: I wish to raise one other issue. I referred to the lack of transparency and interaction with elected representatives. The holding of a landowner is land-locked across the railway line in Kilross, County Tipperary. I made representations to Iarnród Éireann which has made a CPO to take the man's land off him - a total of 18 acres. Three alternatives could be used involving land...

Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (25 Oct 2012)

Mattie McGrath: Am I finished?

Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (25 Oct 2012)

Mattie McGrath: Before I conclude I wish to repeat that what I said is fact. I get €41,000 of a leader's allowance, while Deputy Durkan and all his colleagues are getting €115,000 to €120,000.

Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (25 Oct 2012)

Mattie McGrath: It is a fact. I say it on the record.

Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (25 Oct 2012)

Mattie McGrath: It is a fact. Deputy Durkan can challenge me anywhere. He can check the facts. He can come to the Chamber, bluster all he likes and attack the Independents. We are elected in the same way as he is and we are entitled to our representation.

Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (25 Oct 2012)

Mattie McGrath: Expenses should be examined separately and reduced. It is a fact. It is on the record of the House. The Ceann Comhairle said this morning that he will publish the information on the website where it will be visible to all. Deputy Durkan can bluster then and see who is telling lies. It is a fact.

Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (25 Oct 2012)

Mattie McGrath: Deputy Durkan is getting three times as much.

Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (25 Oct 2012)

Mattie McGrath: Yes. I do not do that. I put the facts to the House.

Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (25 Oct 2012)

Mattie McGrath: I will not interrupt.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Children and Family Services (25 Oct 2012)

Mattie McGrath: Will we have to be as tight as the Minister for Finance?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Foster Care (25 Oct 2012)

Mattie McGrath: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to introduce measures to compensate foster carers in respect of deliberate damage caused to their property by a foster child, when such damage is not covered by home insurance due to the deliberate nature of the damage; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the Health Service Executive has for many years informed carers...