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- Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (18 Dec 2012)
Michael McGrath: Deputy Bannon has a very short memory. Does he want to see what he proposed last year? I suggest he reads it. That is how he got the votes in Longford-Westmeath. He lied to the people. He should admit it.
- Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (18 Dec 2012)
Michael McGrath: Deputy Bannon should not talk about it.
- Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (18 Dec 2012)
Michael McGrath: Deputy Bannon should stop waffling.
- Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (18 Dec 2012)
Michael McGrath: There it is. I will give Deputy Bannon a copy.
- Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (18 Dec 2012)
Michael McGrath: Is this relevant to section 1?
- Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (18 Dec 2012)
Michael McGrath: I would say Deputy Bannon's logo will be fairly small on the next occasion. One would need binoculars to see it.
- Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (18 Dec 2012)
Michael McGrath: Is that what Deputy Bannon has to say to the people who must pay their tax?
- Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (18 Dec 2012)
Michael McGrath: Is that how Deputy Bannon will defend it?
- Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (18 Dec 2012)
Michael McGrath: A hot-air balloon.
- Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (18 Dec 2012)
Michael McGrath: We will exempt Deputy Reilly's house.
- Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (18 Dec 2012)
Michael McGrath: One should put down an amendment.
- Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (18 Dec 2012)
Michael McGrath: That is why we are having Second Stage again.
- Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (18 Dec 2012)
Michael McGrath: This is Deputy Bannon's Bill and he cannot disown it.
- Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (18 Dec 2012)
Michael McGrath: My memory is fine.
- Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (18 Dec 2012)
Michael McGrath: I understand and I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for giving me the opportunity to speak to section 1. Sometimes I despair about how we conduct our business in the House.
- Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (18 Dec 2012)
Michael McGrath: I do not believe there is an organisation anywhere in the country that would make a decision of any importance in the way we are making this decision. This is an historic Bill and probably one of the most important Bills this Dáil will discuss. It has 159 sections and there are 88 Committee Stage amendments. Here we are with less than three hours left before the Bill will be rammed...
- Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (18 Dec 2012)
Michael McGrath: The Minister will not hear any bombast form me. I will make a few points and I want us to get down to the detail of the Bill. I remind the Minister as other Deputies have done that he does not have any mandate to introduce this property tax Bill because he said he would not do it. In the general election campaign he and his party campaigned on the basis that it would not introduce any...
- Order of Business (18 Dec 2012)
Michael McGrath: Stick to the Bill.
- Order of Business (18 Dec 2012)
Michael McGrath: What about the people at home?
- Leaders' Questions (18 Dec 2012)
Michael McGrath: In his Budget Statement the Minister for Finance said that the Irish financial crisis could be summarised in the word "debt", consisting of both national debt and personal debt. For families who cannot pay their mortgage today, the Government's solution is to add more debt to the problem they already face. Only people in certain, very limited circumstances will be given the option of...