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Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2011)

Peter Mathews: Deputy McGrath, please.

Written Answers — National Poverty Indicators: National Poverty Indicators (13 Dec 2011)

Peter Mathews: Question 79: To ask the Taoiseach the proportion of the population in consistent poverty each year since 2000; the proportion of the population in relative poverty each year since 2000; the Gini co-efficient of inequality each year since 2000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39482/11]

Written Answers — Government Bonds: Government Bonds (13 Dec 2011)

Peter Mathews: Question 90: To ask the Minister for Finance the average maturity of Government bonds issued in 1984; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39546/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Surveys: Departmental Surveys (13 Dec 2011)

Peter Mathews: Question 113: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide further details on the specific analysis on tuition fee income available to schools and its utilisation in the Protestant fee-charging schools; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many Protestant fee-charging schools have significant additional expenses because they must be run as boarding schools to...

Written Answers — Local Loans Fund: Local Loans Fund (13 Dec 2011)

Peter Mathews: Question 178: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 106 of 17 November 2011, the average interest rate paid on general Exchequer borrowings in 1984; the average interest rate paid on general Exchequer borrowings in 1994 and 2004 assuming that the borrowings were rolled over in these years; the rate of interest at which this money was...

Written Answers — Local Loans Fund: Local Loans Fund (13 Dec 2011)

Peter Mathews: Question 179: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the interest rate that the local loans fund charged Dublin County Council on mortgages that it passed on to borrowers at 12.5% in 1984; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39545/11]

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (13 Dec 2011)

Peter Mathews: Question 433: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to implement the recommendations of the 2007 Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children in relation to the Irish Medicines Board to ensure that any revision of the Mental Health Act 2001 complies with human rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39459/11]

European Council Meeting: Statements (14 Dec 2011)

Peter Mathews: There appears to be some interference with Deputy Ross's microphone.

European Council Meeting: Statements (14 Dec 2011)

Peter Mathews: Members should address the Chair.

European Council Meeting: Statements (14 Dec 2011)

Peter Mathews: Hear, hear.

European Council Meeting: Statements (14 Dec 2011)

Peter Mathews: I did not get to speak today.

Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (14 Dec 2011)

Peter Mathews: I am grateful for the opportunity to make a few observations on the debate. It is obvious that this proposed tax is forced on us by the troika's programme, which has been designed to try to accommodate a workout for something we all know has been unfair. The losses of a banking system that went out of control have not been allocated to the people who funded them and that is the fundamental...

Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (14 Dec 2011)

Peter Mathews: I said "withholding". It serves to concentrate the mind.

Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (14 Dec 2011)

Peter Mathews: It is done in business.

Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (14 Dec 2011)

Peter Mathews: To pick up on some of the points that have been made on all sides of the House, Deputy Joe Higgins referred to an earlier contribution I made, as did Deputy Niall Collins. Deputy Niall Collins mentioned that Mr. A. J. Chopra observed that what is important for Ireland in its programme is to achieve the elements on the bottom line and it is within our own power to work out the choices to get...

Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (14 Dec 2011)

Peter Mathews: That is why, to get the concentration and the thrust to act to that end, it is important at every opportunity to get the concentration of the minds of the people who make the big decisions in Europe and the ECB. The way to get their attention is to do as I have suggested, which is not to renege on or default on but, to get their concentration, to withhold 0.25% or 0.5% of the quarterly or...

Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (14 Dec 2011)

Peter Mathews: My professional advice would be "Do not pay it. Have a discussion." That is my personal, professional advice.

Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (14 Dec 2011)

Peter Mathews: Sorry, Deputy Collins, speak to me. I am talking personally.

Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (14 Dec 2011)

Peter Mathews: I beg your pardon. It is important because the banks have not got the money to pay that bond.

Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (14 Dec 2011)

Peter Mathews: No, the banks owe the bond redemption. They have not got it. Why would they borrow to pay something they cannot pay back? That is an invitation for discussion. That is why it is important just to pause. When we pause, we do not actually default on a debt. When we ring up the bank and say we want a discussion, that is not a default, it is a discussion.