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Order of Business (7 Dec 2011)

Mattie McGrath: Will the Government introduce legislation to deal with the banks we are bailing out?

Order of Business (7 Dec 2011)

Mattie McGrath: Bank of Ireland Finance had marauding thugs calling to houses in the middle of the night in my county. Deputy Tom Hayes knows all about it.

Order of Business (7 Dec 2011)

Mattie McGrath: The Minister for Justice and Equality is in the House. To seize property with the cover of the Garda as well is a disgraceful action.

Order of Business (7 Dec 2011)

Mattie McGrath: We need to introduce legislation to deal with the issue.

Order of Business (7 Dec 2011)

Mattie McGrath: I have.

Order of Business (7 Dec 2011)

Mattie McGrath: I will, and I might raise it as a Topical Debate matter.

Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2011)

Mattie McGrath: That is what this is.

Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2011)

Mattie McGrath: What?

Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2011)

Mattie McGrath: On what page?

Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2011)

Mattie McGrath: Agus beidh mé arís.

Financial Resolutions 2012: Allocation of Time: Motion (6 Dec 2011)

Mattie McGrath: We must see what we are reading. One should never agree to something that one has not read.

Financial Resolutions 2012: Allocation of Time: Motion (6 Dec 2011)

Mattie McGrath: We know.

Financial Resolution No. 1: (Tobacco Products Tax) (6 Dec 2011)

Mattie McGrath: Excuse me, how dare Deputy Buttimer say that. I asked the Ceann Comhairle to speak long before Deputy Buttimer came in. Deputy Buttimer is not in school now.

Financial Resolution No. 1: (Tobacco Products Tax) (6 Dec 2011)

Mattie McGrath: Gay Mitchell was a waffler as well.

Financial Resolution No. 1: (Tobacco Products Tax) (6 Dec 2011)

Mattie McGrath: I indicated long before Deputy Buttimer.

Financial Resolution No. 1: (Tobacco Products Tax) (6 Dec 2011)

Mattie McGrath: I know that but the Ceann Comhairle is always leaning to one side. I am afraid his chair will capsize.

Financial Resolution No. 1: (Tobacco Products Tax) (6 Dec 2011)

Mattie McGrath: That is a fact.

Financial Resolution No. 1: (Tobacco Products Tax) (6 Dec 2011)

Mattie McGrath: I have people here who saw me indicate. I indicated long before Deputy Buttimer. I will not be told to shut up by Deputy Buttimer. I would love to see the money ring-fenced for health, especially for people suffering from poisoning from smoking and indulging in those practices. I would like to see this Government removing the fear and scaremongering about which nursing homes it is going...

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mechanically Propelled Vehicles) (6 Dec 2011)

Mattie McGrath: I also wish to voice my opposition to this measure. As other speakers have noted, it is completely anti-rural and is completely hostile to the green environment. I was one of the backbenchers who approached the late Brian Lenihan to introduce the scrappage scheme and I note this measure is completely anti-business. Moreover, a tax on trade plates is imminent. This measure constitutes a...

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mechanically Propelled Vehicles) (6 Dec 2011)

Mattie McGrath: Hear, hear.