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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (21 Nov 2012)
Peter Mathews: It falls within the area of planning. In certain developments there can be orders to retain trees in public parkland areas or to get rid of trees for the purposes of roads or pathways. If they have not formalised it already they are tip-toeing to it.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation (22 Nov 2012)
Peter Mathews: Yes, within the time limit of four minutes.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation (22 Nov 2012)
Peter Mathews: The Deputy and the Minister, in total. The time for the exchange of questions and answers is four minutes.
- Other Questions: Job Retention (22 Nov 2012)
Peter Mathews: The ground rules are four minutes for supplementary questions, with strictly one minute for each and one minute for the reply.
- Other Questions: Job Retention (22 Nov 2012)
Peter Mathews: I must interrupt the Minister as we have to move on to the next question.
- Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (22 Nov 2012)
Peter Mathews: I interrupt the Minister of State to advise that Deputy Wallace is waiting to ask a question.
- Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (22 Nov 2012)
Peter Mathews: Deputy Tóibín, I have to be fair. I call Deputy Wallace to ask his question. The Minister of State might hold off answering until Deputy Wallace has asked his question.
- Other Questions: Retail Sector (22 Nov 2012)
Peter Mathews: To put the Minister of State on notice, Deputy Wallace wants to ask a question and there are nearly three and a half minutes left.
- Other Questions: Retail Sector (22 Nov 2012)
Peter Mathews: I want to respect-----
- Other Questions: Retail Sector (22 Nov 2012)
Peter Mathews: I want to respect Deputy Wallace's opportunity to ask a question.
- Other Questions: Retail Sector (22 Nov 2012)
Peter Mathews: There is only half a minute left.
- Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services (22 Nov 2012)
Peter Mathews: Does the Minister want to read it into the record?
- Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services (22 Nov 2012)
Peter Mathews: I apologise for interrupting.
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Non-Principal Private Residence Charge (22 Nov 2012)
Peter Mathews: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has plans to introduce a tax amnesty on the non principal private residence payment for those who have been unable to pay it up until now and are willing to make the payment, but cannot meet the large one off charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51952/12]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform Plan: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (22 Nov 2012)
Peter Mathews: I thank the Minister and the officials for their presentation. Much work has been done. To put a picture on the numbers, it involves 300,000 people of various ages and genders and abilities and disabilities. It is 3.75 times the capacity of Croke Park - no pun intended - and it is no mean achievement. In the conversation between the Ministers in the finance and public expenditure and...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform Plan: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (22 Nov 2012)
Peter Mathews: It is like a rolling strategy conversation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform Plan: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (22 Nov 2012)
Peter Mathews: I refer to the heading of beefing up the economists across various Departments. I would add accountants and financial analysts to that because economists look in terms of big aggregates and accountants tend to look at the analysis behind the aggregates and at the explanations and one gets a better understanding. For instance, in the banking sector, there were too many economists and not...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform Plan: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (22 Nov 2012)
Peter Mathews: They understand balance sheets.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform Plan: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (22 Nov 2012)
Peter Mathews: I could not understand the English there. Could we have more plain English?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform Plan: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (22 Nov 2012)
Peter Mathews: It could have said "shared services, for example, Celtic Linen supplying hospitals in Wexford". I would have understood that. It said that as part of the shared services strategy-----