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Order of Business. (15 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: We have had our barracks for 400 years.

Order of Business. (15 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: We got rid of the British 100 years ago.

Order of Business. (15 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: Cromwell is back.

Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (15 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: I apologise for the misunderstanding as I thought I was the third speaker when I was actually the first. Tá mé anseo anois. I thank my colleagues for standing in. I notice Deputy Mathews is smiling at me so we might share some time again.

Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (15 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: I ask the Acting Chairman to allow me to continue. I know Deputy Buttimer is in a competition for the best heckler in this term of the Dáil and he is well on the way. He should allow me my opportunity and we will not interrupt him. I am pleased the Minister, Deputy Hogan, is here. I am also pleased that he has shown such an interest in many of these important issues. Deputy Tom Hayes, my...

Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (15 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: No, this is not a dormant account. It is anything but dormant. Beidh lá eile ag an bpaorach. The Minister's county team came back last year and celebrated in 2010, snatching the trophy from our hands. I commend it for doing so because we were not mentally focused on the field that day.

Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (15 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: Yes. I was having a bit of jocose banter with the Minister. I reiterate we must have political separation at all times. The dormant accounts fund was distributed without fear or favour to many projects and that is mentioned in the Bill. There must be a clear distinction. Like everything else in the country, there is political lobbying for it. It would not be the nature of the work...

Mental Health Services: Motion (15 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Direct Payment Schemes: Direct Payment Schemes (15 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: Question 520: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will re-open the young farmers installation aid programme to allow for those applicants that were completed or close to completion prior to the suspension of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34622/11]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (15 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: Question 523: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a premium subsidy payment will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34652/11]

Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: The same as with the Army barracks.

Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: Deputy Durkan needs to take it easy.

Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: Fádo fádo.

Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: All of the positions will have been filled by then.

Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (16 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: I, too, welcome the opportunity to speak on this motion. However, I would like in the first instance to respond to the Minister's remarks in regard to the Technical Group. What the Minister said was not necessary, fair or warranted. A member of the Technical Group sought to raise an important issue this morning, namely, the protest of students in the city today in relation to broken...

Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (16 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: That is not true.

Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (16 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: That is not true.

Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (16 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: That is a total lie. It is a total untruth, totally untrue.

Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (16 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: Of course we support it.

Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (16 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: Of course I withdraw the word "lie", but it is not true and it is not fair. The Minister referred to his own constituency colleague, Deputy Ross, who had nothing to do with it and that is very unfair or very inaccurate. He should correct the record of the House in that regard. We all support it. I tried to explain why we wanted to raise it because we were out of time on other issues. I...