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Scrap and Precious Metal Dealers Bill 2011: Second Stage (2 Mar 2012)

Mattie McGrath: Go raibh maith agat. I do not say that I have all the answers. There can be amendments or discussion. It is a bad day when one does not learn something and I am open to learning today. I commend this Bill to the House.

Scrap and Precious Metal Dealers Bill 2011: Second Stage (2 Mar 2012)

Mattie McGrath: That is not true.

Scrap and Precious Metal Dealers Bill 2011: Second Stage (2 Mar 2012)

Mattie McGrath: I accept that.

Scrap and Precious Metal Dealers Bill 2011: Second Stage (2 Mar 2012)

Mattie McGrath: Hear, hear.

Scrap and Precious Metal Dealers Bill 2011: Second Stage (2 Mar 2012)

Mattie McGrath: I thank the Minister and all Members who contributed in the previous three hours of debate. The debate has been constructive. I am heartened by the support from Members in my group, on the Fianna Fáil benches, Sinn Féin, other Independents and especially the Minister's own backbenches. The Minister seems to have a problem with what was said and that I am making things up to be colourful....

Scrap and Precious Metal Dealers Bill 2011: Second Stage (2 Mar 2012)

Mattie McGrath: How was I supposed to know if the Minister did not know? I charge the Minister with being reckless and sending back silly replies to people without even reading or understanding the question.

Scrap and Precious Metal Dealers Bill 2011: Second Stage (2 Mar 2012)

Mattie McGrath: I honestly mean that.

Scrap and Precious Metal Dealers Bill 2011: Second Stage (2 Mar 2012)

Mattie McGrath: The Minister did not give me a considered reply. He never mentioned the Pawnbrokers Act.

Scrap and Precious Metal Dealers Bill 2011: Second Stage (2 Mar 2012)

Mattie McGrath: How was I to know?

Scrap and Precious Metal Dealers Bill 2011: Second Stage (2 Mar 2012)

Mattie McGrath: The Minister might be too busy looking after his legal entitlements to look after his job. He sits in the Chamber and makes snide remarks every day. The Ceann Comhairle does not see him because he does not move.

Scrap and Precious Metal Dealers Bill 2011: Second Stage (2 Mar 2012)

Mattie McGrath: He makes mealy-mouthed remarks to colleagues across the floor on this side of the House.

Scrap and Precious Metal Dealers Bill 2011: Second Stage (2 Mar 2012)

Mattie McGrath: I am appalled at the Minister.

Scrap and Precious Metal Dealers Bill 2011: Second Stage (2 Mar 2012)

Mattie McGrath: That is not a point of order. That is another challenge.

Scrap and Precious Metal Dealers Bill 2011: Second Stage (2 Mar 2012)

Mattie McGrath: This is not theatrics. The Minister is good at theatrics himself.

Scrap and Precious Metal Dealers Bill 2011: Second Stage (2 Mar 2012)

Mattie McGrath: I am on the Bill. The Minister's point was not a point of order.

Scrap and Precious Metal Dealers Bill 2011: Second Stage (2 Mar 2012)

Mattie McGrath: While he welcomed the process of putting a Bill together, the Minister denigrated our abilities. He said we did not have this, that and the other thing. I co-operated with the Bills Office. At the outset today I thanked the office for its co-operation and help. I understood that it would circulate the Bill to the Minister. I am sure it did submit it to the Department.

Scrap and Precious Metal Dealers Bill 2011: Second Stage (2 Mar 2012)

Mattie McGrath: If it did not then it is not my fault. I submitted it to the Bills Office, properly ordered and separated in sections. Members of staff in the office were very helpful to me. I understood that they would pass it on but if they did not I cannot apologise for them. I take exception to the Minister-----

Scrap and Precious Metal Dealers Bill 2011: Second Stage (2 Mar 2012)

Mattie McGrath: We did not. We did until the Minister intervened. He is not listening to his backbenchers.

Scrap and Precious Metal Dealers Bill 2011: Second Stage (2 Mar 2012)

Mattie McGrath: I hope it will be raised at the next parliamentary party meeting.

Scrap and Precious Metal Dealers Bill 2011: Second Stage (2 Mar 2012)

Mattie McGrath: We saw from the e-mail to which I referred that it is a major problem for national security and the safety of lives. It is not a question of me being decorative or anything else.