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Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: What about SUSI?

Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: Live horse and you'll get grass.

Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: Nearly two and a half years ago, this Government took office with the hopes and dreams of a nation behind it. Like some great prophet, the Taoiseach announced that he was entering into a covenant with the Irish people. Maybe we should have spotted, even then, the delusions he had about what exactly his role would be. Since the Government was formed, however, the Taoiseach has betrayed the...

Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: The Taoiseach has failed to keep faith with the promises he made and the defined mandate on which the Government was elected.

Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I wonder if the Minister, Deputy Rabbitte, is waiting to milk another cow. He has his hands out there.

Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: You will be like that very soon, at a graveside. The Government has failed to keep the promises it made. Hardly any group has suffered more from those betrayals than the young people of our country. Emigration rates have continued to rise, not just annually but also monthly and weekly. Over a quarter of Irish households have seen a close family member emigrate in the past two years.

Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: Empty vessels make most noise.

Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: When he goes back to Longford, he will get his answers from the people he promised on the pro-life issue. The Taoiseach's so-called covenant has failed to prevent us from losing an entire generation of our young people. This week, the Taoiseach spoke eloquently about Ireland's EU Presidency. I compliment him on his six months in charge but he said the high levels of youth unemployment...

Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: Who is the Taoiseach trying to cod? What hope can any young person have that the Taoiseach or the Government will be able to deliver on this grand promise? Ireland has almost the highest youth unemployment rate in western Europe with up to one in four young people aged 17 to 25 jobless and one in three men unemployed.

Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I am not being allowed to continue.

Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I know the truth is bitter but it should not be that hard to sit on. I am entitled to ask a question, am I not?

Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: Go raibh maith agat.

Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: The pizza boy is back. Will the Minister give a commitment today and demonstrate his seriousness in tackling this issue by bringing to the Taoiseach a proposal to create an office with the sole responsibility to target youth unemployment? Will the Government - you are all wise guys there, as well - consider measures similar to those recently introduced in Italy whereby employers receive a...

Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: That is the past.

Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: If that is the best that Ministers can do, they should all stay in bed in the morning.

Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: What people want are sustainable long-term jobs, of which the Minister promised 70,000. Despite this continuous mantra about the last Government, the Minister saw the books before he came into office. He sought the books, got them and knew the situation.

Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: We all know that the live register numbers have fallen due to FÁS and JobBridge training programmes, as well as the back-to-education scheme.

Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: Nobody ever employed anybody by offering €72 after somebody is taken on for 12 months because it is a pittance. The Minister does not understand what makes employers tick. The sooner the Minister and his team of advisers get down and dirty, and understand what makes people employ staff, the better. The Minister does not understand what makes people want to create jobs, wealth and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Investigations (3 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: 181. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the presence of the Anglo tapes; the date on which he was made aware of their presence; the action he has taken since being made aware of their presence; the actions that have been taken by the Gardaí on foot of these recordings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32328/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (3 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: 228. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there has been no orthoptist services available in Our Lady's Hospital Cashel, County Tipperary since December 2012; when will the previous orthoptist be replaced in Cashel; where are patients who have been on the priority list being treated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32454/13]