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- Order of Business (18 Jun 2014)
Peter Mathews: Is that okay?
- Order of Business (18 Jun 2014)
Peter Mathews: I was just asking Paul if-----
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2014)
Peter Mathews: At the end of this month a very big issue will arise because 6,000 single parent families will no longer be in receipt of €70 a week in respect of the child under their care. This needed to be addressed because €70 a week is a big amount of money and equates to a food bill. It amounts to a €3,500 a year food bill which the 6,000 single parents affected by this, mostly...
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2014)
Peter Mathews: In the counterbalance sense.
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2014)
Peter Mathews: I do not doubt for a moment the Minister's motivation and her good intentions. Where did the substitute Scandinavian framework to counterbalance this specific loss go? Has it disappeared?
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2014)
Peter Mathews: The Minister is getting confused.
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2014)
Peter Mathews: They were the Minister's own words.
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2014)
Peter Mathews: They were the Minister's own words.
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2014)
Peter Mathews: I do not know what the Minister was saying.
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2014)
Peter Mathews: That is exactly the point. I thank Deputy O'Dea.
- Order of Business (19 Jun 2014)
Peter Mathews: With regard to the gambling control Bill, publication of which is expected in early 2015, the advertising and accessibility of gambling, gambling clubs and online betting is of increasing worry in society, particularly with the World Cup. It shows the need for an interim measure in a short snappy Bill to put some control on this.
- Order of Business (19 Jun 2014)
Peter Mathews: Short and snappy is what I want.
- Order of Business (19 Jun 2014)
Peter Mathews: Advertising is not.
- Order of Business (19 Jun 2014)
Peter Mathews: I am speaking about advertising.
- Order of Business (19 Jun 2014)
Peter Mathews: I agree.
- Order of Business (19 Jun 2014)
Peter Mathews: The popping up of advertising on radio and television at present is huge.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Jun 2014)
Peter Mathews: I welcome the witnesses. I will take up Deputy Spring's comments about the realities and aggregates in lever-arch files containing informing and advising documents and papers, etc. Will the council be more radical, adventurous and courageous in dealing with matters affecting the 4.5 million citizens living in this country, with at least 1.5 million having had their lives ripped apart. My...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Jun 2014)
Peter Mathews: There is much inequality, and it is not nice but rather ugly. That is why I put forward my name three and half years ago to become a public representative. I am not interested in the greasy bowl of politics. I am interested that today the banking inquiry is kicking off. It should already have been stated publicly that the committee will examine what happened with bank balance sheets....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Jun 2014)
Peter Mathews: In three minutes I will be gone. This is the starting point. The Irish Fiscal Advisory Council is composed of experts and the red carpet is thrown out to them, with doctors and professors hanging on its words. There is a simple way for the 1.5 million souls to see the truth of what happened in the building of a massive credit Ponzi bubble scheme, with an asset price getting out of control....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Jun 2014)
Peter Mathews: I am sure the witnesses have read the article by Dr. Sahra Wagenknecht of Die Linke Party from March. She stated that Irish people are still paying the painful price for a bank folly, and she is right. It is true. Will the council be brave and radical by ringing the bells?