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- Scrap and Precious Metal Dealers Bill 2011: Second Stage (2 Mar 2012)
Mattie McGrath: I admit it is a humble effort from me to introduce it as a backbencher with the support of my colleagues. We had a good discussion on the Bill, except for what the Minister said at the outset, to which he returned a second time in making his concluding remarks.
- Scrap and Precious Metal Dealers Bill 2011: Second Stage (2 Mar 2012)
Mattie McGrath: That is his form. He spends most days shouting obscenities across the floor under the radar of the Ceann Comhairle who does not even see him.
- Scrap and Precious Metal Dealers Bill 2011: Second Stage (2 Mar 2012)
Mattie McGrath: You could be in the Chamber some days also, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. The remarks are deadly, they are well-aimed, directed and piercing. The Minister should learn a small bit himself. He is longer in this House than I am.
- Scrap and Precious Metal Dealers Bill 2011: Second Stage (2 Mar 2012)
Mattie McGrath: I compliment Deputy Harris and Deputy John Paul Phelan on what they said. I was not aware that they had submitted a similar Bill to the Minister more than a year ago. I am not sure of the date. Why was something not done in that regard?
- Scrap and Precious Metal Dealers Bill 2011: Second Stage (2 Mar 2012)
Mattie McGrath: That is good. That is not a problem. I acknowledge that. I was not sure of the date. I also submitted parliamentary questions to the then Minister, Mr. Dermot Ahern. We did not have Friday sittings then. I acknowledged the Government for having Friday sittings. I did not have that facility during the previous Government. I wished the Government well in its endeavours. The previous...
- Scrap and Precious Metal Dealers Bill 2011: Second Stage (2 Mar 2012)
Mattie McGrath: No, my time was taken. I did not start when I was supposed to speak. I have five or six minutes remaining.
- Scrap and Precious Metal Dealers Bill 2011: Second Stage (2 Mar 2012)
Mattie McGrath: I looked at it too. I asked you earlier, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, what was the rush and you said the Minister had to contribute. I said that was fine.
- Scrap and Precious Metal Dealers Bill 2011: Second Stage (2 Mar 2012)
Mattie McGrath: I want my time.
- Scrap and Precious Metal Dealers Bill 2011: Second Stage (2 Mar 2012)
Mattie McGrath: Deputy Catherine Murphy referred to the fact that in his day, the then Minister, Mr. Michael McDowell, introduced amendments to a Bill that amounted to five or six times the size of the original Bill. I have no problem with that. I conceded at the outset and during my contribution that I was not totally in charge of everything, nor did I want to be. It is my effort on my behalf with the...
- Scrap and Precious Metal Dealers Bill 2011: Second Stage (2 Mar 2012)
Mattie McGrath: They were all part of a publicly tendered process. It was not cash under the table, over the table or on top of the table.
- Scrap and Precious Metal Dealers Bill 2011: Second Stage (2 Mar 2012)
Mattie McGrath: I am speaking on the Bill. I thank the community organisation, Muintir na TÃre-----
- Scrap and Precious Metal Dealers Bill 2011: Second Stage (2 Mar 2012)
Mattie McGrath: The Minister is wasting my time. What point of order does he wish to raise? I will take more time if the Minister stops me speaking.
- Scrap and Precious Metal Dealers Bill 2011: Second Stage (2 Mar 2012)
Mattie McGrath: I said, "or over the table".
- Scrap and Precious Metal Dealers Bill 2011: Second Stage (2 Mar 2012)
Mattie McGrath: Anyone. The cash dealers. If the cap fits, anyone who wears it.
- Scrap and Precious Metal Dealers Bill 2011: Second Stage (2 Mar 2012)
Mattie McGrath: Of course. Scrap dealers or anyone else the cap fits. They do not need to have their hair nice and permed either.
- Scrap and Precious Metal Dealers Bill 2011: Second Stage (2 Mar 2012)
Mattie McGrath: I am not making that insinuation.
- Scrap and Precious Metal Dealers Bill 2011: Second Stage (2 Mar 2012)
Mattie McGrath: I never said any such thing, nor would I.
- Scrap and Precious Metal Dealers Bill 2011: Second Stage (2 Mar 2012)
Mattie McGrath: I did not nor would I. I said that people receiving cash under or over the table-----
- Scrap and Precious Metal Dealers Bill 2011: Second Stage (2 Mar 2012)
Mattie McGrath: The Minister interrupted me again. He might not like the pie in the pudding. We must continue. We cannot receive honest written replies to parliamentary questions on the pawnbrokers legislation. The Minister pilloried me for not referring to that legislation. He should spend more time researching his replies to parliamentary questions and making them factual instead of getting his...
- Scrap and Precious Metal Dealers Bill 2011: Second Stage (2 Mar 2012)
Mattie McGrath: I do not have the Minister's resources. I am not saying my Bill is perfect. I admitted that from the start. I was open to amendments from any party. Indeed, I had many discussions in recent weeks with Members from various parties who suggested they were interested in this issue. They showed their interest through their presence today and their contributions. I am not saying that the Bill...