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Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012): Michael McCarthy: We are living in an absolutely unprecedented difficult economic time. This is the second budget of five and there is not a Deputy in the House who wants to see the measures being spoken about widely being voted on this evening. We would all much prefer if that were not the case. To contextualise, the clean-up operation in this country, in economic terms, is akin to dealing with the...
Seanad: Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Bill 2009: Second Stage (7 Jul 2009): Michael McCarthy: It is now 12.45 a.m. I pay tribute to the members of staff who have to be here to allow us to debate this very important Bill. There are people who should have gone home long ago and, for a variety of reasons, are still here and are allowing us to debate this Bill. I agree with much of what Senator Hanafin said. His chronological account of the elections of the early 1980s is quite...
Seanad: Housing Grants: Motion. (20 Nov 2002): Michael McCarthy: ...tent at the Galway races, but when one is pushed to the limit to obtain a mortgage to buy or build a house to start one's life, it is a considerable amount of money. The display of arrogance and ill manners by some Members of the House while other Members attempted to make fine and eloquent contributions on the debate is almost as galling as the fact that we must have the debate in the...

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