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Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2014)

Peter Mathews: The activities cover five years.

Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (4 Mar 2014)

Peter Mathews: I am enjoying it too and thank the Minister.

Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (4 Mar 2014)

Peter Mathews: I thank Deputy Flanagan but I am looking forward to hearing his contribution.

Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (4 Mar 2014)

Peter Mathews: Deputy Dara Calleary is sharing time with Deputies Tóibín and Pringle, at ten minutes each.

Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (4 Mar 2014)

Peter Mathews: The Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Joan Burton, is sharing ten minutes of her time with the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Leo Varadkar. Is that agreed?

Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (4 Mar 2014)

Peter Mathews: I determine that it is agreed.

Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (4 Mar 2014)

Peter Mathews: Please, Deputy.

Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (4 Mar 2014)

Peter Mathews: Please, Deputy.

Order of Business (5 Mar 2014)

Peter Mathews: The sale of loan books to unregulated third parties Bill will cater for the sale of loan books by regulated financial institutions to unregulated entities. Our focus has been on IBRC and its liquidation but other banks, including Bank of Ireland and AIB, are also involved. I am concerned that what Deputy Healy raised during Leaders' Questions-----

Order of Business (5 Mar 2014)

Peter Mathews: I am concerned about the overlap between the events that have led to these outside investors making whopping profits and the distress of the customers-----

Order of Business (5 Mar 2014)

Peter Mathews: ----- whose loans could be sold to unregulated entities. This is a mess.

Order of Business (5 Mar 2014)

Peter Mathews: In the case of NAMA-----

Order of Business (5 Mar 2014)

Peter Mathews: -----connected loans-----

Order of Business (5 Mar 2014)

Peter Mathews: The Ceann Comhairle must understand-----

Order of Business (5 Mar 2014)

Peter Mathews: A significant proportion of the connected loans in NAMA were-----

Order of Business (5 Mar 2014)

Peter Mathews: -----transferred at a nil value when they came into NAMA because-----

Order of Business (5 Mar 2014)

Peter Mathews: -----they were inoperable.

Order of Business (5 Mar 2014)

Peter Mathews: There may also be inoperable securities in the household loans.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Bodies (5 Mar 2014)

Peter Mathews: 183. To ask the Minister for Health the functions of and any funding provided to, the Irish expert body on fluorides and health since its inception in 2004 by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11095/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Bi-annual Review 2013: Financial Services Ombudsman (5 Mar 2014)

Peter Mathews: I welcome Mr. Prasifka and his colleagues. They have stepped into a difficult breach. The work they do presents big challenges. The Ombudsman is really the non-cost crushing opportunity for people who buy services from the financial institutions, have a very unhappy experience and want it sorted out. The Ombudsman’s objective is to be transparent within the privacy of the...