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Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Second Stage (17 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: There certainly is a case being taken again with a lay litigant and it could be overturned. However, the Government should have left it alone. I do not blame the Minister personally but I blame the Government that made the decision. The Supreme Court was obliged to find that the Government erred, there was misinformation, the Government spent the money and misappropriated the money, which...

Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Second Stage (17 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: Sorry?

Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Second Stage (17 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: It was misappropriated. These are not my words. These are the words of the-----

Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Second Stage (17 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: We are not going to hide behind that any longer. I have asked-----

Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Second Stage (17 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I accept that. I have asked several times for a debate in this Chamber on the matter but cannot even get a debate on the judgment.

Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Second Stage (17 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: It will not always be before the courts. A lay litigant is taking a case before the courts to try to overturn the decision. However, the matter to which I refer has been dealt with in the courts, namely, the misappropriation of funds. Five judges unanimously gave that decision.

Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Second Stage (17 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: That matter is not before the courts. The five-judge decision is completed-----

Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Second Stage (17 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: ----- and €1.1 million of the money was misappropriated. The Minister can call that what she likes but I call it stealing. It was robbing the public money that was passed by the people and voted by me personally in this Oireachtas.

Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Second Stage (17 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: Yes, I called it stealing. One can call it what one likes but €1.1 million was taken and spent wrongly. What else is it?

Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Second Stage (17 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: Were a lady or man to enter a shop and steal a sliced pan, they would be prosecuted for it. That was public-----

Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Second Stage (17 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: No, it is not.

Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Second Stage (17 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: No, that aspect is finished before the court. The McCrystal case is finished.

Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Second Stage (17 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: It was decided by the High Court and further decided by the Supreme Court. It is finished, finito, críochnaithe and the decision delivered. The Government refused to acknowledge it. The Minister, Deputy Shatter, when he appeared on the "Six One News" on the evening of the Supreme Court decision, kept referring back to the High Court. However, the Supreme Court decided and the...

Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Second Stage (17 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I repeat I do not blame the Minister personally but through collective responsibility she had a hand in it and should have ensured the money was spent as it was meant to be spent. Consequently, what faith can people have? It now is proposed to set up another Oireachtas inquiry, five years later, to look into the banks. This is a politically-expedient decision by the present Administration...

Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Second Stage (17 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: No, it is all relevant because I heard Deputies criticising the absence of Fianna Fáil Members from the Chamber. While they can answer for themselves and I will not do so, it simply is a case of blaming the previous Government for everything and stating the present Government is great because of what it intends to do.

Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Second Stage (17 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: The Minister should set about doing the work, rather than talking about it or talking about what was not done. She should ensure, as I noted, that the bad practices in the HSE are left behind. Moreover, perhaps Deputy Conway, who has left the Chamber, should not criticise Deputy Shortall, who has a lot of experience in the House, considerably more than either me or indeed Deputy Conway....

Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Second Stage (17 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I do not know what is wrong with the Deputy. I cannot hear her so I do not know what she is saying.

Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Second Stage (17 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: It does matter. I was loud so I do not know what the Deputy is muttering. However, she will have time to speak. Making the establishment of a new agency with €500 million the headline of the Minister's speech will not make it manna from heaven. It will have 4,000 staff and a budget of roughly €500 million. That does not make it right. There are many bad practices in the...

Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Second Stage (17 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: Yes, but it must be done properly. We do not want the bad practices to come with it. People from outside must come in and decontaminate the system, because it is badly contaminated in many areas and, above all, in the HSE. Aside from that, I look forward to working with the Minister. I know she will listen to the comments in this debate and understand them. She will make her mark on...

Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Second Stage (17 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: There is a system for that.