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Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Famine Artefacts (24 Jan 2013)

Peter Mathews: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to create a permanent exhibition in one of the national museums to commemorate the Famine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3495/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (24 Jan 2013)

Peter Mathews: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to choose a permanent date for the commemoration of the Famine every year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3496/13]

Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2013)

Peter Mathews: I appreciate Deputy Durkan's gracious agreement.

Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2013)

Peter Mathews: I call Deputy Durkan. I understand the debate will conclude at 7.30 p.m.

Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2013)

Peter Mathews: I apologise for interrupting Deputy Durkan but there has been a technical hitch and I must clarify something. The Bill will be guillotined at 7.30 p.m. and with the Deputy's gracious approval and agreement, the Minister of State will now be invited to make a concluding reply before the guillotine takes effect at 7.30 p.m. I apologise.

Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2013)

Peter Mathews: If the Minister of State wishes to be brief this evening, he can follow through on Committee Stage tomorrow.

Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2013)

Peter Mathews: Consequently, a few minutes remain to Deputy Durkan before 7.30 p.m.

Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2013)

Peter Mathews: In respect of the Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2013, the paperwork has followed the negotiating outcome that happened before the year-end. The paperwork is, as can be expected, complex, cumbersome and requires lots of member states to put their pen to it. The euro crisis appears to have abated and while it is in remission, the root causes have not been addressed. In the noise,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (23 Jan 2013)

Peter Mathews: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a shortage of school places in a locality (details supplied) in Dublin 18: his plans to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3261/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Services (22 Jan 2013)

Peter Mathews: 617. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding accident and emergency charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2665/13]

Social Welfare (Amnesty) Bill 2012: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 Jan 2013)

Peter Mathews: The Deputy has two minutes remaining.

Social Welfare (Amnesty) Bill 2012: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 Jan 2013)

Peter Mathews: In accordance with the Order of the Dáil yesterday, the division is postponed until immediately after the Order of Business on Tuesday, 22 January 2013.

Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Jan 2013)

Peter Mathews: Today, we opened proceedings in this Chamber with Leaders' Questions during which the Fianna Fáil leader brought to our attention the discovery of equine DNA in beef hamburgers. During the course of answers and supplementary questions, along with significant media focus on the topic, we discovered there was virtually zero health risk with what was found in the hamburgers. By contrast,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Matters Relating to the Economy: Discussion with Governor of Central Bank (16 Jan 2013)

Peter Mathews: I ask Professor Honohan to bear two things in mind, and as he noted, they are related. One is the necessity to get creditor restructuring for the legacy debts in the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, IBRC, which is a cancellation of the emergency liquidity assistance, or an in perpetuity at zero, with the promissory notes being torn up. Our two surviving banks should not be called going...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Matters Relating to the Economy: Discussion with Governor of Central Bank (16 Jan 2013)

Peter Mathews: I asked the last day if Professor Honohan felt he was being pushed around by the European Central Bank council and he said "No". I ask the question again and I ask that he not be pushed around. I do not believe consequences will be dire. As Deputy Boyd Barrett noted, we are into almost a primary equivalence in our deficit, and we do not need the five card trickery mentioned by the witness...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Matters Relating to the Economy: Discussion with Governor of Central Bank (16 Jan 2013)

Peter Mathews: It is from the creditor - the euro system.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Matters Relating to the Economy: Discussion with Governor of Central Bank (16 Jan 2013)

Peter Mathews: The euro system.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Matters Relating to the Economy: Discussion with Governor of Central Bank (16 Jan 2013)

Peter Mathews: What are the consequences of not paying the debt?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Matters Relating to the Economy: Discussion with Governor of Central Bank (16 Jan 2013)

Peter Mathews: I thank the Governor for attending the meeting. Some of the detail I wished to raise has been covered and I do not want to waste time. The interlocking nature of the financial setup in Ireland is interesting. Three and a half years ago, I suggested there was a €100 billion write-off, or provisioning, problem in the Irish owned banks. I was laughed at. Does the Governor remember a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Matters Relating to the Economy: Discussion with Governor of Central Bank (16 Jan 2013)

Peter Mathews: Some €65 billion in the traditional commercial mortgage lending into the property and property related market had to be written off, eventually. The first prudential capital assessment review, PCAR, was in 2010. The next was in 2011. On both occasions I suggested it was not enough. Why was that? The problem, or swamp, we are now stuck in, and from which the banks are not...