Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions
Dail Éireann — 2024-10-17
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Mattie McGrath (IND), Tipperary

I asked a question about the €530 million that is missing. That is according to the C and AG report, not my report. The Tánaiste quotes the C and AG when he wants to. Deputy Farrell asked questions as well that the Tánaiste did not answer.
I asked a question about the €530 million in carbon tax that has been robbed from the people and that was supposed to go back into retrofitting and the Tánaiste went from this pillar to that pillar to the other pillar. It is a case of around the houses and mind the dresser but he will not answer the question. He goes canvassing every day and gets questions he cannot answer. He can only waffle. This is fact. This is from the Comptroller and Auditor General. Do we give up altogether if we do not accept his reports? We are talking about €530 million out of the €1.36 billion collected from people who are trying to survive, carry out their business and travel to work and the Tánaiste tells us all about what is spent here and there. I asked a question about the €530 million that is missing. Tá sé imithe - like snow off a ditch. It does not matter to the Government anymore. The bike shed is chickenfeed according to this. There is €530 million unaccounted for according to the Comptroller and Auditor General. These are not Mattie McGrath's words so spin your way out of that.

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Sitting date: 2024-10-17