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Order of Business (17 Feb 2015)

Peter Mathews: I acknowledge the Ceann Comhairle has great forbearance as the Chair.

Order of Business (17 Feb 2015)

Peter Mathews: I am appealing to his forbearance to allow me to remind the Taoiseach of these hugely important matters.

Order of Business (17 Feb 2015)

Peter Mathews: It has gone forward as a Topical Issue, but it has not been drawn.

Order of Business (17 Feb 2015)

Peter Mathews: I understand the pressure.

Order of Business (17 Feb 2015)

Peter Mathews: We should show solidarity with Greece. Mr. Tsipras and Mr. Varoufakis are worthy people.

Order of Business (17 Feb 2015)

Peter Mathews: Are we going to show solidarity and will Members have a debate?

Order of Business (19 Feb 2015)

Peter Mathews: The Minister will have an interest in this topic, which comes under Bills before the Dáil and Seanad, the Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014. It is with awesome cheek and arrogance that Japan Tobacco Group threatens to sue the Minister for Health and the HSE for bringing forward the Bill. The Government should consider counter-suing them as a class action on...

Order of Business (24 Feb 2015)

Peter Mathews: I wish to raise two matters. First, to follow up on Deputy Adams's tobacco packaging Bill, the threat by Japan Tobacco Group to sue Ministers and the Government for the loss of revenues and the infringement of its intellectual property is totally out of order. I suggest that the Taoiseach and the Cabinet might counter sue it for the 5,200 deaths from diseases, the costs to the health...

Order of Business (24 Feb 2015)

Peter Mathews: The second matter is the gambling control Bill. We had a question on that last Thursday but the Bunsen burner flame needs to go up on this as it is becoming urgent.

Order of Business (24 Feb 2015)

Peter Mathews: It is very easy.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Costs (24 Feb 2015)

Peter Mathews: 359. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs regarding child care costs, his plans to provide any or extra financial relief to families, who pay extortionate amounts for their child care every month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7845/15]

Order of Business (25 Feb 2015)

Peter Mathews: Hear, hear.

Order of Business (25 Feb 2015)

Peter Mathews: That is in theory but not in practice.

Order of Business (25 Feb 2015)

Peter Mathews: To follow up on what Deputy Troy mentioned-----

Order of Business (25 Feb 2015)

Peter Mathews: It is in connection with legislation.

Order of Business (25 Feb 2015)

Peter Mathews: The Ceann Comhairle is so quick, it is incredible.

Order of Business (25 Feb 2015)

Peter Mathews: He is like a fast bowler in cricket.

Order of Business (25 Feb 2015)

Peter Mathews: We had the helpful input of Professor Ashoka Mody as director of the IMF team, or as part of the troika.

Order of Business (25 Feb 2015)

Peter Mathews: He said recently and also two years ago — I gave the Taoiseach the information as a first snippet out of the newspapers, as he will remember-----

Order of Business (25 Feb 2015)

Peter Mathews: He said we fell very far short and very limp in our representation on behalf of the people-----