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Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Second Stage (16 Dec 2011)

Mattie McGrath: I am being patient; I am just wondering about the indecent haste.

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Second Stage (16 Dec 2011)

Mattie McGrath: Go raibh maith agat.

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Second Stage (16 Dec 2011)

Mattie McGrath: That is no problem. Ná habair é. I am used to it. There is no assessment or briefing as to the costs, independence or means of operation of the new system. As colleagues stated, we need much time to consider this legislation. I hope there will be no guillotine because we need to study it carefully. We need to proceed slowly and be able to table amendments and discuss them at the Select...

Order of Business (16 Dec 2011)

Mattie McGrath: I would also like to wish the Ceann Comhairle a happy Christmas and a very peaceful new year.

Order of Business (16 Dec 2011)

Mattie McGrath: I mean it.

Order of Business (16 Dec 2011)

Mattie McGrath: I am not finished. I want to raise a very serious case. I am a bit uneasy about the comrade stuff that has been taking place behind me this morning. Perhaps i need to move to a different seat. I am not a comrade anyway. I want to ask the Minister for Health-----

Order of Business (16 Dec 2011)

Mattie McGrath: -----whether legislation is promised to deal with the very sad case of the Ryan family in County Tipperary. The Minister is well aware of the case. A sick child in the family was being looked after by the Jack and Jill Children's Foundation. The HSE has refused to give the child the eight hours of care per week that he needs. It is a very sad situation. It was discussed in the Seanad...

Order of Business (16 Dec 2011)

Mattie McGrath: It is not working. The child has fallen through the system.

Order of Business (16 Dec 2011)

Mattie McGrath: I have. The Minister for Health should have some compassion, especially at this time of year. It is a very sad case.

Bretton Woods Agreements (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Mattie McGrath: The Deputy earns it.

Bretton Woods Agreements (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Mattie McGrath: I wish to share time with Deputies Clare Daly and Thomas Pringle.

Bretton Woods Agreements (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Mattie McGrath: I am glad to speak on the Bill and the amendments put down by the Minister in regard to the Bretton Woods agreement. It is a difficult issue to speak on as it is not well known to the public, having been set up in 1944 and named after the place where the agreement was agreed and signed. It has more relevance today than we would like to believe, however, and is a serious issue in terms of...

Bretton Woods Agreements (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Mattie McGrath: It is relevant to our constituency as well. Did we not have a jibe from Deputy Durkan about sharing a tough constituency? Every constituency is tough but I wonder where the socialists were when the budget was being formed. I do not see many of them here today either. We are in serious economic times. I can proudly say I voted against the EU-IMF agreement, not because I did not want them...

Bretton Woods Agreements (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Mattie McGrath: I thank my learned colleague who is very experienced, as we saw on a television programme, and quite excellent. I will promote his CD for Christmas if I can. Certainly, we all should phone a friend and try to move them on. Deputy Durkan also stated that one learns something every day. We certainly do, and it has been a steep learning curve since the IMF came in. I believe it should have...

Bretton Woods Agreements (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Mattie McGrath: How much time have I got?

Bretton Woods Agreements (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Mattie McGrath: The Acting Chairman frightened me there.

Bretton Woods Agreements (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Mattie McGrath: Am I finished?

Bretton Woods Agreements (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Mattie McGrath: I thought the Acting Chairman was really being hard on me. I thought he was learning from the Ceann Comhairle, who I should not mention when he is not here. I wished the Ceann Comhairle a happy Christmas this morning anyway.

Bretton Woods Agreements (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Mattie McGrath: I am. The Acting Chairman could not be hard on me, a fellow Tipperary man. I have lost my train of thought. I was speaking about the banks, and the treatment they are giving ordinary householders and small business. Big businesses, as we saw, owe them €20 million, €30 million and €40 million and the banks cannot touch them, but if one goes €200 in the red, the banks will bounce...

Bretton Woods Agreements (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Mattie McGrath: Yes, but this is all part of the Bill. There are many Bills we do not like but we must pay the charges. Where are we going to stop? If we do not stop, there will be anarchy in this country. The laws are in existence to protect the vultures. Those who borrowed recklessly and owe millions to the banks cannot be touched. Seánie got a telephone call from the gardaí asking him to come down...