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Finance Bill 2013: Second Stage (19 Feb 2013)

Mattie McGrath: If it is not being paid, it should be. I do not want to frighten them away from our shores because we need them. I am a small-scale entrepreneur and I know that we need stimulation and initiatives. Above all, we need our people at work. They must have dignity and be respected for what they do. At this time, the people of Ireland need hope and a vision for the future in order to get rid...

Finance Bill 2013: Second Stage (19 Feb 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I am pleased to speak on the Finance Bill 2013. As I did this morning on the Order of Business, I object to the time the Bill was introduced tonight. It is disappointing. I recognise the Minister has a heavy schedule, and I understand he wanted to be here, but perhaps we should have moved to London with him for the next three days to debate it there or, more appropriately, we should have...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Liquidation (19 Feb 2013)

Mattie McGrath: To ask the Minister for Finance the hourly rate and the amount that has been paid to date to the Joint Special Liquidators appointed by him to liquidate the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, formerly Anglo Irish bank under the provisions of the Irish bank Resolution Corporation Act 2013; the way this hourly rate compares with other countries in the EU; his views on the often exorbitant rates...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Ombudsman (19 Feb 2013)

Mattie McGrath: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of levies paid by each credit institution to the Financial Services Ombudsman in 2010, 2011 and 2012 [8799/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Ombudsman (19 Feb 2013)

Mattie McGrath: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of fines imposed on each credit institution, including compensation awards, by the Financial Services Ombudsman in 2010, 2011 and 2012. [8987/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (19 Feb 2013)

Mattie McGrath: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of loans that have been provided to and agreed directly with approved housing bodies by the Housing Finance Agency in the provision of new finance for social housing; the number of homes that have been completed with such finance to date in view of the fact that almost 100,000 households are in need of social...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Sentencing Policy (19 Feb 2013)

Mattie McGrath: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the current indefinite detention of a person (details supplied); the circumstances of their detention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8674/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Committals (19 Feb 2013)

Mattie McGrath: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of business persons jailed for contempt of court for each of the past five years [8675/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Expenditure (19 Feb 2013)

Mattie McGrath: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the costs to the State of the jailing of persons for contempt of court. [8676/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Committals (19 Feb 2013)

Mattie McGrath: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the circumstances of the detention last year of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8677/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (19 Feb 2013)

Mattie McGrath: To ask the Minister for Health his views on alcohol addiction (details supplied) [8345/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (19 Feb 2013)

Mattie McGrath: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request Bus Éireann to reinstate the the discontinued bus service at Raheen/Burncoat/Kilbehany along the Cork to Dublin bus route due to the considerable inconvenience caused to rural users of that service. [8244/13]

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2013)

Mattie McGrath: Measaim go bhfuil rud amháin maith sa Bhille seo agus is é sin an t-ainm, Uisce Éireann. The only positive part of this Bill is the name of the proposed agency which is as Gaeilge. I have very little faith in the way the agency has been proposed listening to Deputy Catherine Murphy describe how the environment committee was treated and how the Minister for the Environment,...

Order of Business (14 Feb 2013)

Mattie McGrath: Hear, hear.

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I am disappointed with the Minister's reply but I suppose I should not have expected much more. We heard righteous indignation from the other side of the House about burning the bondholders but the Minister now tells us that €15 billion was already burned. I have acknowledged that it was a mistake that I voted for the bank guarantee but the Members opposite have done likewise on a...

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I am asking about the home tax. Prior to the election the Taoiseach described a tax on the home as unfair and unjust. The Labour Party campaigned against home taxes for many years but it is doing the exact opposite now that it is in Government. The people are confused and disappointed. I ask about the snitch clause that is being included in the Bill. Does the Government want us to become...

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I accepted my responsibility.

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2013)

Mattie McGrath: What about amendments?

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2013)

Mattie McGrath: More Big Brother.

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I rise on my feet in the knowledge that thousands of families and homeowners, many of whom are in extreme negative equity and perilous situations, are grappling with intolerable levels of personal debt, especially those with home mortgages. I watched the gleeful acceptance and acclamation of the Government and its backbenchers of a wonderful deal last week - certainly I did not think it...