Tommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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On behalf of Independents 4 Change and Independents generally, I wish to remember Peter Mathews on this sad day.

He obviously had an interest in banking and finance and he had some very interesting views. People might remember he came to public prominence when he joined the public debate around the time of the lead-up to the blanket bank guarantee, with which I believe he disagreed profoundly. Over the years, he indicated ways in which we could ease the burden on our people from the serious austerity they have suffered. Like myself, he was a member of a party and then became an Independent, and he lost his place on the finance committee at that time. We were both hoping the budgetary oversight office would be established, as well as this committee, to provide for ex antestudy of budgets. While we have the Committee of Public Accounts system at the moment, it is intended that we would, like many other European parliaments, be able to seriously examine what Governments are doing. The achievement of that office and this committee will be part of the achievement of Peter Mathews. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.