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- Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I also am delighted to be in position to speak on this Bill. Before he leaves the Chamber, I thank Deputy Feighan, for whom I have a lot of respect, and I am not scoring points with him at all. I am familiar with the position regarding the hospital but he knows as well as do I that dealing with HSE officials and so on is extremely difficult. One does not get proper information and all...
- Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2013)
Mattie McGrath: No. My point is this is what happens in opposition and it touches on the issue of responsible Opposition and Government. While one might suggest that I am negative and oppose many things, I do not oppose this measure. I oppose many things the HSE does but in this case, I believe there must be a reason and it is necessary to cut our cloth according to our measure and, consequently, this...
- Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2013)
Mattie McGrath: The Government will not let us cut turf any more.
- Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2013)
Mattie McGrath: It is like taking the queen's shilling.
- Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2013)
Mattie McGrath: It is a funny way of doing it.
- Order of Business (21 Mar 2013)
Mattie McGrath: The Minister made much of the jobs plan but it is over two years since a big construction company, Pierse Construction, went into liquidation in Dublin, leaving 500 subcontractors affected. Many hundreds of people have been affected since. Where is the Construction Contracts Bill? Much good work was done by the last Government, Senator Feargal Quinn and many others, and people are...
- Order of Business (21 Mar 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I call Mr. Richie Boucher "Richie Voucher" as he likes to spend money.
- Order of Business (21 Mar 2013)
Mattie McGrath: There must be some meaningful way of correcting this as all the talk in the world will not do it.
- Order of Business (21 Mar 2013)
Mattie McGrath: Some work must be done.
- Order of Business (21 Mar 2013)
Mattie McGrath: We cannot ignore it forever and a day.
- Order of Business (21 Mar 2013)
Mattie McGrath: These people are laughing all the way to the bank.
- Order of Business (21 Mar 2013)
Mattie McGrath: The Deputy knows all about the banks, including Anglo.
- Order of Business (21 Mar 2013)
Mattie McGrath: It has blown off.
- Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I wish to continue in the same vein because the people are bewildered and are becoming more so by the hour. After all of the Government's bluster, reports and examinations, eight times fewer people will be exempt from the property tax this year. I can only speak for south Tipperary, where none of the unfinished estates has been completed. We did not get enough money from the Government...
- Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I am discussing the topic of the Government's recklessness and uncaring attitude and I am referring to the Labour Party in particular.
- Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2013)
Mattie McGrath: The year 1913 was the year of the Lock-out and 2013 will be the year of the great kick out. That is what the Government is doing - putting people out of their homes - and it should be ashamed. I read an article in a newspaper today which detailed how a couple were locked into their home in Dublin, near the Minister's house. A bunch of heavies boarded up the house with galvanised steel...
- Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2013)
Mattie McGrath: When is the Minister going to stand up for the people he promised to defend? There is no point in blaming everybody else, including developers-----
- Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2013)
Mattie McGrath: There are people in negative equity now. There are people who need a second car. I need a second car, as do many in my constituency-----
- Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2013)
Mattie McGrath: When is the Minister going to look after the ordinary people and stop putting them into penury? Will he allow them to have their second car to bring their children to school or does he want their children to remain uneducated?
- Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I am merely trying to explain the situation. We all accept we must try to get out of the abyss. That is what we were told we were doing on the night we voted for the bank guarantee, but how much worse would the abyss have been? That is why I mentioned Cyprus and the uncaring attitude of this Government, which holds the Presidency of Europe at the moment. The Government does not care about...