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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)

Peter Mathews: Please, Deputy Durkan. The Taoiseach answered and discussed Deputy Martin's questions, but in 47 words there is a short story which says-----

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)

Peter Mathews: A Cheann Comhairle, 47 words-----

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)

Peter Mathews: Am I the only person who is not allowed to introduce a question?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)

Peter Mathews: I want to ask the Taoiseach about the policy of Bank of Ireland that is the legacy----

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)

Peter Mathews: A Cheann Comhairle, thank you again.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)

Peter Mathews: Maybe the Taoiseach will give me leave to ask the question.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)

Peter Mathews: Deputy Broughan was-----

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)

Peter Mathews: Taoiseach-----

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)

Peter Mathews: Taoiseach, please do not say anything, because I did not actually present-----

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)

Peter Mathews: That is the longest sentence. But seriously, I have 47 words about the investment of Wilbur Ross, who made a half-billion euro profit in two years and ten months. He was the most influential director of the bank and has left for America-----

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (2 Dec 2014)

Peter Mathews: Wilbur Ross took half a billion euro back to America in his back pocket.

Order of Business (2 Dec 2014)

Peter Mathews: The Taoiseach is aware - certainly the people are - that parliamentary democracy and representation have become increasingly eroded and undermined, coming under increasing existential threat as a result of over-rigid, over-dominant and abusive use of what is called the Whip system.

Order of Business (2 Dec 2014)

Peter Mathews: The Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas) Bill 2014 proposes to amend Article 15 to provide that all Members of the Dáil and Seanad shall be representatives of the whole people, not bound by orders or instructions, and responsible only to their conscience.

Order of Business (2 Dec 2014)

Peter Mathews: This Bill was drawn in the legislative schedule lottery and was scheduled for debate on Friday, 5 December. It has been pushed out of it by the Government’s requirement under the Whip system to deal with water services legislation. It is an irony that this Bill which could become the cornerstone of our democracy is being pushed out under the Whip system.

Order of Business (2 Dec 2014)

Peter Mathews: A Cheann Comhairle, please.

Order of Business (2 Dec 2014)

Peter Mathews: Would it not be a useful time to pause and reflect on the irony here?

Order of Business (2 Dec 2014)

Peter Mathews: This is a ready-made Bill that has worked in the Federal Republic of Germany since 1949.

Order of Business (2 Dec 2014)

Peter Mathews: If the water services legislation had been debated without the imposition of the Whip on 19 December 2013, we would not be here on Friday.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Business of Joint Committee
General Scheme of Sale of Loan Books to Unregulated Third Parties Bill 2014: Discussion (3 Dec 2014)

Peter Mathews: I do. To set the scene for my contribution, I am always last. Even though one might see me first, I must be the last to contribute even though we have a very good Vice Chairman. That is because I am not a member of this committee because I was removed from it on 3 July 2013 and I am not allowed to be a member of any committee because of a conscience vote. This is an area in which I have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Business of Joint Committee
General Scheme of Sale of Loan Books to Unregulated Third Parties Bill 2014: Discussion (3 Dec 2014)

Peter Mathews: The letters that summarise the situation of the two so-called pillar banks are OOOC. What do those letters stand for? They stand for "out of operational control". That is my experience. Mr. Joyce has given very good case evidence and I congratulate Ms Blackwell on her contribution to "The Pat Kenny Show" this morning which discussed how after five years as a tenant and having been fully...