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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): National Awards Scheme (31 Mar 2015)

Peter Mathews: That was a very impressive chronology of progress over the 80 years. It demonstrates a lot of uncertainty, a lot of hesitation and a lot of doubt. However, I recall one thing that has happened in past years - that Dr. T. K. Whitaker, who is now 97 years of age, was honoured by being declared the Irishman of the 20th century. It is in that sort of context that I say this could be the first...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): National Awards Scheme (31 Mar 2015)

Peter Mathews: Hear, hear. Well said.

Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (1 Apr 2015)

Peter Mathews: Deputy Murphy's amendment raises an interesting issue. A clamp can only be released when payment of the fine has been made. I have had the experience of having to wait in awful weather conditions for two and a half hours from the point of payment to have a clamp removed. That is not acceptable. I believe that clamping companies, having been paid a release fee by credit card, should be...

Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (1 Apr 2015)

Peter Mathews: A reduction in the charge which might apply in relation to an ordinary parking fine could not apply to clamping because in that case payment would have been already made. A clamping company will not give a refund.

Order of Business (2 Apr 2015)

Peter Mathews: Hear, hear.

Order of Business (2 Apr 2015)

Peter Mathews: What I want to ask, and how I want to ask it, is in an omnibus sense, wide reaching across many areas of legislation. The collective bargaining legislation is coming soon. Three Private Members' Bills have been dismissed and watered down. Could I have the Tánaiste's attention? Our country is still burgeoning with distress over many areas. Some 300,000 variable rate mortgages-----

Order of Business (2 Apr 2015)

Peter Mathews: It is a question on legislation. There is large-scale homelessness and there are deeply distressed mortgages leading to repossession.

Order of Business (2 Apr 2015)

Peter Mathews: The Government has one year left out of a five-year term and the biggest majority ever in the history of the State.

Order of Business (2 Apr 2015)

Peter Mathews: It is.

Order of Business (2 Apr 2015)

Peter Mathews: I have a list of A, B and C legislation. I am asking the Tánaiste to turbo-charge and concentrate the effectiveness of what is on the tracks.

Order of Business (2 Apr 2015)

Peter Mathews: The Government is going at the same pace as if nothing had changed seven years ago. The country is in the work-out stage, like a post-war stage of reconstruction and the methodology of dealing with it is ineffective.

Order of Business (2 Apr 2015)

Peter Mathews: Is there some connection between the way the Government members talk about it and the way they legislate?

Order of Business (2 Apr 2015)

Peter Mathews: Deputy Ó Fearghaíl made a very practical suggestion that the Tánaiste lift the phone to Ms Heffernan.

Order of Business (2 Apr 2015)

Peter Mathews: The Tánaiste should not underestimate her ability. Lift the phone to Ms Heffernan. It would be a new approach.

Leaders' Questions (15 Apr 2015)

Peter Mathews: Hear, hear.

Leaders' Questions (15 Apr 2015)

Peter Mathews: If that is the case, the Government should do something about it.

Fair Pay, Secure Jobs and Trade Union Recognition: Motion [Private Members] (15 Apr 2015)

Peter Mathews: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Rates (15 Apr 2015)

Peter Mathews: 169. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider protecting the 300,000 variable rate mortgage holders by lowering the variable rate of interest to 2.5%, which is currently the average rate in the eurozone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14605/15]

Topical Issue Debate: Mortgage Interest Rates (16 Apr 2015)

Peter Mathews: I welcome the Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael Noonan, to the House and thank the Ceann Comhairle's office for selecting this Topical Issue for debate. It concerns a hugely pressing issue for hundreds of thousands of households in this country. As public representatives, we must always seek to convert statistics and figures to give us a sense of how they impact on people. The Minister...

Topical Issue Debate: Mortgage Interest Rates (16 Apr 2015)

Peter Mathews: I understand the rules, Acting Chairman, but this is an issue of national importance. In the space of a year, the bank turned a loss of €1.7 billion in 2013 into a profit of €1.1 billion, a turnaround of €2.8 billion. The Minister knows well that this is all to do with the manipulation of provisions. It is not to do with the health of the bank or its normal operating...