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Order of Business (8 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: Yes, but he made all kinds of promises on it before the general election last year.

Order of Business (8 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: I lost my party whip over it. I like to be a sport as much as anybody. Promises were made and now the Minister is saying one thing and the Taoiseach is saying another.

Order of Business (8 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: I am trying to raise the need for a debate on the issue.

Order of Business (8 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: I did not hear the Taoiseach's answer.

Order of Business (8 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: Go raibh maith agat.

Order of Business (8 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: Deputy Durkan is winding us up.

Order of Business (8 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: He has said that.

Order of Business (8 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: The Taoiseach wants to answer that.

Private Members' Business - Promissory Notes: Motion (8 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: Will the Leas-Cheann Comhairle allow me to defer to a colleague for a few seconds?

Private Members' Business - Promissory Notes: Motion (8 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: I admire Deputy Mathews's honesty. I am delighted to be able to contribute to this debate.

Private Members' Business - Promissory Notes: Motion (8 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: The public has grown tired and confused. They were cross at what my friends on this side of the House and I did while I was a member of Fianna Fáil.

Private Members' Business - Promissory Notes: Motion (8 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: I remember travelling with Deputy Michael McGrath that fateful night we were summoned to Dublin to vote. We were worried, but we needed to listen to the Opposition, which did nothing short of rant. They were going to burn the bondholders. Hell's fire was not going to be as hot as this country was going to be. Hell's fire would have been only a patch on it.

Private Members' Business - Promissory Notes: Motion (8 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: You were going to burn bondholders, bankers, civil servants and everyone and you told the public so. Deputy Gilmore, now a Minister, stated it would be Labour's way or Frankfurt's way.

Private Members' Business - Promissory Notes: Motion (8 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: It is from the frying pan into the fire. I cannot believe the diatribe I must listen to now.

Private Members' Business - Promissory Notes: Motion (8 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: The most bewildering thing is that we must listen to the Minister of State, Deputy Kehoe, day after day interrupting and having to read apologies into the record like he did last week.

Private Members' Business - Promissory Notes: Motion (8 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: I was here and I heard him. It was difficult to listen to him because we knew what he was saying was - I will not say what I was going to say. Hellfire would be a nice way-----

Private Members' Business - Promissory Notes: Motion (8 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: I will try to make the best of it. The ordinary people are bewildered because the Government came in and changed its clothes. It changed seats and put on the clothes of the former Ministers.

Private Members' Business - Promissory Notes: Motion (8 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: The programme broadcast last night showed the late Brian Lenihan, who did so much work. Where were his advisers and officials? He cannot be blamed for everything. The Government stated it would change everything-----

Private Members' Business - Promissory Notes: Motion (8 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: -----but it has changed nothing and only made it worse and ran over with cheques and pockets full of cash to pay the unsecured bondholders. When the Government is told jump it asks how high?. Labour's way or Frankfurt's way. The Labour Party is wagging the coalition tail.

Private Members' Business - Promissory Notes: Motion (8 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: No, not my way. I did what I had to do. The Government promised so much but has delivered so little. It is going down a cul-de-sac and the public-----