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Other Questions: Broadcasting Legislation (11 Oct 2012)

Peter Mathews: The time limit for the day's debate has expired.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Radio Broadcasting Issues (11 Oct 2012)

Peter Mathews: A question please.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Radio Broadcasting Issues (11 Oct 2012)

Peter Mathews: Ten seconds.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Radio Broadcasting Issues (11 Oct 2012)

Peter Mathews: That was 50 seconds, the Minister has ten. Only reply in a word or else discuss it afterwards.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Energy Resources (11 Oct 2012)

Peter Mathews: Minister, I am afraid we are out of time.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Energy Resources (11 Oct 2012)

Peter Mathews: I am afraid I must insist.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Energy Resources (11 Oct 2012)

Peter Mathews: I regret that when God created the world he gave a great deal of time with no limit, but this House is different; there are time limits. We must move on to the next question.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Digital Television Service Availability (11 Oct 2012)

Peter Mathews: We are moving on to the final Priority Question, No. 5. The Minister may wish to note that it looks like a longish answer.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hydraulic Fracturing Policy (11 Oct 2012)

Peter Mathews: May we have a question, please?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Energy Resources (11 Oct 2012)

Peter Mathews: As the reply to question is a very long, the Minister may be under time pressure.

Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Oct 2012)

Peter Mathews: I thank my colleague, Deputy Terence Flanagan, for outlining the technical aspects of the Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012. Public finances are in meltdown in Ireland, across the eurozone and around the globe. The ballooning of sovereign debt in the last three years is due to the conversion of private banking sector losses which have not yet been fully recognised into national debt. At a...

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2012)

Peter Mathews: The national conscience.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Drugs (11 Oct 2012)

Peter Mathews: To ask the Minister for Health the reason medical card holders can no longer receive the prescription Osteole 1500mg on their medical card; the reasons this item was removed from the list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43847/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Drugs (11 Oct 2012)

Peter Mathews: To ask the Minister for Health the reason medical card holders can no longer receive the prescription Osteole 1500mg on their medical card; the reasons this item was removed from the list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43847/12]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Quinn Insurance and Insurance Compensation Fund: Discussion (10 Oct 2012)

Peter Mathews: They went to Quinn Group Holdings, actually. I remember Tom Lyons-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Quinn Insurance and Insurance Compensation Fund: Discussion (10 Oct 2012)

Peter Mathews: It was-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Quinn Insurance and Insurance Compensation Fund: Discussion (10 Oct 2012)

Peter Mathews: I apologise for not coming to the meeting until now, which was because I was detained. The Tom Lyons analysis-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Quinn Insurance and Insurance Compensation Fund: Discussion (10 Oct 2012)

Peter Mathews: I will only say what is in the public domain. It has been reported by informed journalists who had carried out analysis and who reported on what was known in the public domain. Quinn Insurance Limited had descriptions on its balance sheet when PwC was addressing that balance sheet. I am not sure if it was for 2007 or 2008, but it related to balances on deposit. On further examination it...

Order of Business (10 Oct 2012)

Peter Mathews: I hope I will be in order, a Cheann Comhairle.

Order of Business (10 Oct 2012)

Peter Mathews: I am learning the rules slowly. Regarding Bills in preparation touching on the security of citizens, gangland crime, the proceeds of crime and so forth, I ask the Government to consider the possibility, if not the necessity, of providing for the visible arming of the Garda Síochána. The news today that a 16 year old boy was shot at 9 p.m. is yet another example of the problem. We...