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- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (13 Oct 2015)
Peter Mathews: 23. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an urgent application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 18; provide a timeline for that application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35475/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Establishment (13 Oct 2015)
Peter Mathews: 372. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide an Educate Together national school in Dublin 6 and Dublin 6W; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35276/15]
- Employment Equality (Abolition of Mandatory Retirement Age) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2015)
Peter Mathews: I am totally on topic. I am nearly 65, and I expect to be able to work beyond the age of 65. Although Deputy Eric Byrne looks like he is only in his mid-40s, he is probably a month or two older than me.
- Employment Equality (Abolition of Mandatory Retirement Age) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2015)
Peter Mathews: Deputy Byrne has energy.
- Employment Equality (Abolition of Mandatory Retirement Age) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2015)
Peter Mathews: Are you that young?
- Employment Equality (Abolition of Mandatory Retirement Age) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2015)
Peter Mathews: The Deputy is less than 10% older than me, which is immaterial. These are important matters. The Government must get rid of all distractions and focus. This is what the team managers do before the matches, such as the one we won last night. They focus. They do not think about playing a defensive game and hope to get a lucky goal in extra time.
- Employment Equality (Abolition of Mandatory Retirement Age) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2015)
Peter Mathews: The Government must put the bit in its teeth and energise. How many Bills are there to be dealt with? Was it approximately 38? If the Government is serious, it can get many of those dealt with instead of saying it would like to have a surer term. Life does not work like that. Life is about what is in front of us. If one does what one can do today well, the rest will look after itself. ...
- Employment Equality (Abolition of Mandatory Retirement Age) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2015)
Peter Mathews: Go for it, Minister.
- Employment Equality (Abolition of Mandatory Retirement Age) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2015)
Peter Mathews: They may have a split mortgage.
- Employment Equality (Abolition of Mandatory Retirement Age) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2015)
Peter Mathews: I thank Deputy Ferris for bringing forward this Bill. In matters such as the working life of the people, it is important to keep issues under review in order that reality is reflected in practice. In property law, the 21-year fixed rent lease is something that obtained for almost a century. This was because it reflected the reality of the time. Prior to the Industrial Revolution,...
- Order of Business (8 Oct 2015)
Peter Mathews: As a follow-up to a question I raised on the Order of Business with the Taoiseach yesterday - that is, the one-year bankruptcy Bill introduced by the Minister's colleague, Deputy Penrose - the Taoiseach kindly stated that he would get back to me, because it definitely needs consideration, and he sounded enthusiastic. The good news is that Deputy Penrose has told me that the Attorney General...
- Order of Business (8 Oct 2015)
Peter Mathews: Mr. Chopra said that. I ask the Minister to bring up in Cabinet the question of the €26 billion in promissory bonds for cancellation and bring it to Mario Draghi and say, "Mario, we are cancelling them. The country is wrecked."
- Order of Business (8 Oct 2015)
Peter Mathews: As the Leas-Cheann Comhairle will be aware, there is strike action now at St. Vincent's hospital, the premier flagship university hospital of this country.
- Order of Business (8 Oct 2015)
Peter Mathews: There is a housing crisis. The body Ireland is diseased and the Government must do something about it, not debate it.
- Order of Business (8 Oct 2015)
Peter Mathews: The one-year bankruptcy Bill.
- Order of Business (7 Oct 2015)
Peter Mathews: When will the Government bring forward the one-year bankruptcy Bill on which Deputy Penrose has been doing huge work, as has the Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform? It is urgent.
- Order of Business (7 Oct 2015)
Peter Mathews: It does not matter. I do not believe it. This place is unbelievable.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2015)
Peter Mathews: Solemnly.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2015)
Peter Mathews: That is a dark pool.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2015)
Peter Mathews: Hear, hear.