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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (8 Jul 2014)

Peter Mathews: Did you get the point of the observation?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (8 Jul 2014)

Peter Mathews: Okay, if you do not want to hear me, fine.

Order of Business (8 Jul 2014)

Peter Mathews: Hear, hear.

Water Services (Taking in Charge of Estates by Local Authorities) (Amendment) Bill 2014: First Stage (8 Jul 2014)

Peter Mathews: There is one little matter I want to raise on the Order of Business.

Water Services (Taking in Charge of Estates by Local Authorities) (Amendment) Bill 2014: First Stage (8 Jul 2014)

Peter Mathews: I thank the Minister for Education and Skills for his-----

Water Services (Taking in Charge of Estates by Local Authorities) (Amendment) Bill 2014: First Stage (8 Jul 2014)

Peter Mathews: I would like it to be said in the House.

Water Services (Taking in Charge of Estates by Local Authorities) (Amendment) Bill 2014: First Stage (8 Jul 2014)

Peter Mathews: Would it not be nice to do so?

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (9 Jul 2014)

Peter Mathews: As an Independent Deputy, I endorse the contributions made by Deputies Clare Daly and Timmy Dooley on the two issues that are prominent in correspondence I receive in my office, one of which is the anti-competitive nature of the operations of some non-EU and non-USA carriers which could jeopardise having a fair and level playing field in the conditions that operate and obtain. There is no...

Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2014)

Peter Mathews: Efforts should be made to retrieve the situation.

Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2014)

Peter Mathews: The Government should be businesslike about it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Situation: Ambassador of Iran to Ireland (9 Jul 2014)

Peter Mathews: I welcome the ambassador. Last Friday, I was one of 120,000 people at an Iranian opposition rally in Villepinte in Paris. I was amazed at the civilised and good conduct at this rally, attended by the representatives of 69 other countries such as Rudi Giuliani, Ingrid Betancourt-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Situation: Ambassador of Iran to Ireland (9 Jul 2014)

Peter Mathews: I was told by people attending the rally about their relations who suffered at the hands of the fundamentalist regime in Iran and that 120,000 people have been executed since 1980 there.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Situation: Ambassador of Iran to Ireland (9 Jul 2014)

Peter Mathews: Pregnant women, imprisoned because of mild political dissent, lost their babies. To have so many Iranians from around the world attend a rally-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Situation: Ambassador of Iran to Ireland (9 Jul 2014)

Peter Mathews: What has the ambassador got to say to that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Situation: Ambassador of Iran to Ireland (9 Jul 2014)

Peter Mathews: It was not a demonstration. It was a very peaceful rally.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Situation: Ambassador of Iran to Ireland (9 Jul 2014)

Peter Mathews: Through the Chair, has the ambassador met Maryam Rajavi?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Situation: Ambassador of Iran to Ireland (9 Jul 2014)

Peter Mathews: Has the ambassador met Madame Maryam Rajavi in person?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Situation: Ambassador of Iran to Ireland (9 Jul 2014)

Peter Mathews: I invite you to meet her.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Situation: Ambassador of Iran to Ireland (9 Jul 2014)

Peter Mathews: I suggest it, then.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Situation: Ambassador of Iran to Ireland (9 Jul 2014)

Peter Mathews: My first question is -----