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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (26 Nov 2013)

Peter Mathews: It is not my advice; it is evidence.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (26 Nov 2013)

Peter Mathews: The Taoiseach should look at the evidence.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (26 Nov 2013)

Peter Mathews: I ask the Taoiseach to look at the evidence.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (26 Nov 2013)

Peter Mathews: I will have that book for the Taoiseach first thing tomorrow.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (26 Nov 2013)

Peter Mathews: No, I will get it for him tomorrow. Christmas would be too late.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (26 Nov 2013)

Peter Mathews: No, I was thrown out.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (26 Nov 2013)

Peter Mathews: Some 43 seconds is a bit of a tall order.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (26 Nov 2013)

Peter Mathews: I know the Taoiseach and the Government are doing their best but I ask the Taoiseach solemnly and sincerely to stop and look at where it is leading because it is not the right path.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (26 Nov 2013)

Peter Mathews: A Cheann Comhairle, please-----

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (26 Nov 2013)

Peter Mathews: I ask the Taoiseach to please read Joseph Stiglitz's book, The Price of Inequality, because he needs to get a new view of what has happened in America, which he holds up as a paragon of business, finance and economics, which it is not at present. It is an unfair and inequitable society.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (26 Nov 2013)

Peter Mathews: I support what Deputy Boyd Barrett said and ask the Minister to reconsider his position. The economics of supply and demand do not consider the morality of a situation. If there are benefits to be gained from encouraging economic activity on the margins, it may be worth considering houses that have lain empty or even incomplete for a number of years. It is preferable to complete them with...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Grades (26 Nov 2013)

Peter Mathews: 279. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons employed in the Civil Service, broken down by grade, in each year 1989 to date in 2013; the number of persons elsewhere in the public service whose pay grades are linked to these, broken down by grade and year since 1989; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50568/13]

Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2013)

Peter Mathews: Amendments Nos. 19, 20, 21 and 24 are related and will be discussed together.

Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2013)

Peter Mathews: Is Deputy Ó Caoláin pressing the amendment?

Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2013)

Peter Mathews: Amendment No. 17 in the name of Deputy Ó Caoláin arises out of Committee proceedings. Amendments Nos. 17 and 18 are related and will be discussed together.

Topical Issue Matters (21 Nov 2013)

Peter Mathews: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 27A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputies Martin Heydon, Pat Deering, Paudie Coffey, Michael Colreavy, Martin Ferris, John Paul Phelan, Brian Stanley and Peadar Tóibín - the need for meaningful engagement by EirGrid with the communities which have real...

Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2013)

Peter Mathews: Amendments Nos. 13 and 15 are related and may be discussed together.

Youth Employment: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Nov 2013)

Peter Mathews: Absolute rubbish.

Government Decision on Exiting Programme of Financial Support: Motion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2013)

Peter Mathews: And excess credit lines.

Government Decision on Exiting Programme of Financial Support: Motion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2013)

Peter Mathews: It would not.