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Order of Business (15 May 2013)

Mattie McGrath: It is not silly.

Order of Business (15 May 2013)

Mattie McGrath: The Government is doing nothing.

Order of Business (15 May 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I have asked the question, but the Minister is interrupting. I asked about the Children First Bill.

Order of Business (15 May 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I also ask about the Central Bank (consolidation) Bill given that there are receivers up and down the country. I met approximately 50 people protesting outside a receiver's premises on St. Stephen's Green-----

Order of Business (15 May 2013)

Mattie McGrath: -----about the behaviour of banks and receivers which are carrying on outside the law in many cases.

Order of Business (15 May 2013)

Mattie McGrath: They are destroying good businesses.

Order of Business (15 May 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I do not want a debate. I want to know when the Bill will come in.

Leaders' Questions (15 May 2013)

Mattie McGrath: It is the Taoiseach who is talking nonsense, not I. He stated the Minister is very busy. Why would the Taoiseach not appoint a second Minister of State? Of what is the Taoiseach afraid? Promises keep all the backbenchers quiet. The Taoiseach's response to the fodder crisis is disgraceful. He has refused to call together the national infrastructure committee-----

Leaders' Questions (15 May 2013)

Mattie McGrath: -----on the day when the Farm Contractors of Ireland are outside the gates of this House protesting about the plight of the farming sector. All the waffle in the world, and all the spin, will not put grass on the fields or food on the tables. Shamefully, the Government is neglecting the main industry in this country. Coming from a rural county, the Taoiseach should understand the position...

Leaders' Questions (15 May 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I made it in the context-----

Leaders' Questions (15 May 2013)

Mattie McGrath: Where is the Minister of State the Taoiseach was going to appoint?

Leaders' Questions (15 May 2013)

Mattie McGrath: The Taoiseach has left agriculture without a Minister of State.

Leaders' Questions (15 May 2013)

Mattie McGrath: They cannot get it in.

Leaders' Questions (15 May 2013)

Mattie McGrath: The Minister promised a ship a month ago.

Leaders' Questions (15 May 2013)

Mattie McGrath: Everybody except the Government.

Leaders' Questions (15 May 2013)

Mattie McGrath: Everybody except the Government.

Leaders' Questions (15 May 2013)

Mattie McGrath: They have no ship. It is no good to have subsidy.

Leaders' Questions (15 May 2013)

Mattie McGrath: The Taoiseach cannot tell me.

Leaders' Questions (15 May 2013)

Mattie McGrath: They need action, not telephone lines.

Leaders' Questions (15 May 2013)

Mattie McGrath: Where is the ship?