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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Websites (26 Jun 2013)

Mattie McGrath: 87. To ask the Minister for Finance the person responsible for the management of the Revenue website; the person directly responsible for the updating of the VAT code section of the Revenue website; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30959/13]

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (2 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: Ba mhaith liom, ar son na Teachtaí Neamhspleácha sa Teach seo, fíor-fáilte a chur roimh chlann Pádraig Faulkner atá sa Dáil tráthnóna inniu. On behalf of the Independent Deputies, I express our sympathy to the family of the late Pádraig Faulkner. Dunleer lost one of its most famous sons with the death of the former Minister and Ceann...

Order of Business (2 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: In view of the changes that have taken place under the local government Bill, there are huge discrepancies in different areas. The Ceann Comhairle will be familiar with the town of Cashel. Almost all of the district outside the town is now going into a regional area that is away from it altogether. I am not accusing anyone of gerrymandering but-----

Order of Business (2 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: The local government Bill, which will affect the amalgamation of Tipperary, our proud county. It is devastating the way in which some of town councils and other areas have been divided up. I also wish to ask about the Education and Training Boards Bill in regard to adult and continuing education. There have been tremendous efforts and achievements over the years, which should be protected...

Order of Business (2 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I know that, of course.

Order of Business (2 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: More collateral damage.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Issues (2 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: 277. To ask the Minister for Finance the way AIB and Permanent TSB can advertise for business and investment when it is accepted that they are insolvent institutions with no capacity to offer secure liquidity; the exact extent of the insolvency/liquidity crisis in the above named institutions; his views on the way this will impact on the interest of those taxpayers who might respond to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (2 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: 333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he wil provide a definitive statement on the proposed cuts to special needs assistants' working hours and resource teaching allocations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31939/13]

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.

Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I am not being allowed to continue.

Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I know the truth is bitter but it should not be that hard to sit on. I am entitled to ask a question, am I not?

Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: Go raibh maith agat.

Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: The pizza boy is back. Will the Minister give a commitment today and demonstrate his seriousness in tackling this issue by bringing to the Taoiseach a proposal to create an office with the sole responsibility to target youth unemployment? Will the Government - you are all wise guys there, as well - consider measures similar to those recently introduced in Italy whereby employers receive a...

Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: That is the past.