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Pre-European Council Meeting on 8-9 December: Statements (30 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: Of course he has a view.

Pre-European Council Meeting on 8-9 December: Statements (30 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: The Taoiseach needs to stand up and represent this country.

Pre-European Council Meeting on 8-9 December: Statements (30 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: We will not be allowed to have a say.

Pre-European Council Meeting on 8-9 December: Statements (30 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: The Taoiseach had his chance to do likewise.

Pre-European Council Meeting on 8-9 December: Statements (30 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: It was baloney.

Pre-European Council Meeting on 8-9 December: Statements (30 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: He wants the Taoiseach to stand up for the country.

Pre-European Council Meeting on 8-9 December: Statements (30 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: Of course we are.

Pre-European Council Meeting on 8-9 December: Statements (30 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: That is not true.

Pre-European Council Meeting on 8-9 December: Statements (30 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: Where are all the Fine Gael Deputies today?

Pre-European Council Meeting on 8-9 December: Statements (30 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: Where are the Minister of State's colleagues?

Pre-European Council Meeting on 8-9 December: Statements (30 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: Do not mind committee meetings.

Pre-European Council Meeting on 8-9 December: Statements (30 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: This is the House.

Pre-European Council Meeting on 8-9 December: Statements (30 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: We should not talk about the past.

Pre-European Council Meeting on 8-9 December: Statements (30 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: We are where we are.

Pre-European Council Meeting on 8-9 December: Statements (30 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: The future is what is important.

Pre-European Council Meeting on 8-9 December: Statements (30 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: It is a last-minute job.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: Do please. I too am as concerned about the rural environment, and all the environment, as the Minister, his officials and anybody else. I refer to the Minister affectionately as Big Phil-----

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: -----and I was delighted when he was appointed Minister because I felt he was a rural man who would look after rural Ireland. Knowing his record, and knowing his neighbours from Newcastle who used to live beside him many years ago, I was sure that would be the case. I will not say what I would like to say about the previous Minister, John Gormley, but I had many battles with him. This...

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: That is what the Bill is about. It is about holes in the ground that everything goes into but we are making S-H-1-T of it.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: I have enough said. I am sending a clear message to the Minister to back off, put this issue away and leave the rural people alone because they will not take any more. If he keeps at them, he will have some trouble on his hands. They are quiet, law-abiding and respectful people but not on this issue. This legislation has not come about by way of an EU directive. The Minister can blame...