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- Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)
Mattie McGrath: If that is the best that Ministers can do, they should all stay in bed in the morning.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)
Mattie McGrath: What people want are sustainable long-term jobs, of which the Minister promised 70,000. Despite this continuous mantra about the last Government, the Minister saw the books before he came into office. He sought the books, got them and knew the situation.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)
Mattie McGrath: We all know that the live register numbers have fallen due to FÁS and JobBridge training programmes, as well as the back-to-education scheme.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)
Mattie McGrath: Nobody ever employed anybody by offering €72 after somebody is taken on for 12 months because it is a pittance. The Minister does not understand what makes employers tick. The sooner the Minister and his team of advisers get down and dirty, and understand what makes people employ staff, the better. The Minister does not understand what makes people want to create jobs, wealth and...
- Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I am not yet finished. The Government has broken all of its promises. The Taoiseach reneged on his commitment to the families of those killed in the Omagh bomb and to the Stardust victims' committee. He told them that they would never have to make another telephone call but they have not heard from him in two and a half years. The Government has also broken its promise on the late Fr....
- Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)
Mattie McGrath: Members of the Government backbenches can laugh all they like. However, they can hide but they cannot run.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)
Mattie McGrath: The Government can neither run nor hide.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)
Mattie McGrath: There is no place to run.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)
Mattie McGrath: Run like a rabbit in the fog lights.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)
Mattie McGrath: It is a matter of trust. The young have lost trust in this Government. Why is it that one in four of our young people have to leave our shores? It is a tragedy. Will the Government establish a specific ministry to deal with this issue? The time for talking and rubbing hands has long past. There are too many Departments dealing with this issue. We need a Minister who is focused and...
- Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)
Mattie McGrath: That is what happened, the Government never started.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)
Mattie McGrath: In spite of the Government.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)
Mattie McGrath: How many full time jobs have been created?
- Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)
Mattie McGrath: Pat yourselves on the back?
- Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)
Mattie McGrath: That is just papering over the cracks.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)
Mattie McGrath: What about SUSI?
- Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)
Mattie McGrath: Live horse and you'll get grass.
- Order of Business (3 Jul 2013)
Mattie McGrath: It is eviction legislation.
- Order of Business (3 Jul 2013)
Mattie McGrath: Boot-boys.
- Order of Business (3 Jul 2013)
Mattie McGrath: It seems as though he can get something right.