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Order of Business (4 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: Under the Central Bank (Consolidation) Bill will the Government deal with the code of practice for the bankers and chancers who are creating misery for people? Under consumer protection legislation will ordinary householders be protected?

Order of Business (4 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: Yesterday we had an eviction Bill.

Order of Business (4 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: Another two years.

Order of Business (4 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: This is happening now.

Order of Business (4 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: It is all toothless. The banks have a veto.

Order of Business (4 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: That is simply not true. On a point of order what the Tánaiste has just said is not true.

Order of Business (4 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I could call it something else but I will not do so.

Order of Business (4 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I will not. It is not true and it is an insult to say it. We did not come down in the last shower.

Order of Business (4 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: It is for brighter days.

Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: What about the bondholders?

Equal Status (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (3 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I also wish to support this Bill because I do not believe there is any regulatory impact assessment of public spending and, as for all the Bills being passed in this Chamber, one is more draconian than the next. I saw when, under the late Brian Lenihan, the Oireachtas introduced a pension levy on everyone from the bottom up. However, it was reversed for the senior civil servants and they...

Taxi Regulation Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I came especially to support my colleague, the Minister of State, from Tipperary.

Order of Business (3 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: Boot-boys.

Order of Business (3 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: It seems as though he can get something right.

Order of Business (3 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: It is eviction legislation.

Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I am not yet finished. The Government has broken all of its promises. The Taoiseach reneged on his commitment to the families of those killed in the Omagh bomb and to the Stardust victims' committee. He told them that they would never have to make another telephone call but they have not heard from him in two and a half years. The Government has also broken its promise on the late Fr....

Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: Members of the Government backbenches can laugh all they like. However, they can hide but they cannot run.

Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: The Government can neither run nor hide.

Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: There is no place to run.

Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: Run like a rabbit in the fog lights.