Results 4,381-4,400 of 4,928 for speaker:Peter Mathews

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report Stage (8 Feb 2012)

Peter Mathews: I thank the Deputy. I think everyone is moving in the same direction with the same energies and efforts.

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (7 Feb 2012)

Peter Mathews: Question 159: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a spelling waiver was refused in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6W; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6328/12]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (7 Feb 2012)

Peter Mathews: Question 485: To ask the Minister for Health if the moneys collected as part of the pension levy from the Irish Blood Transfusion Service, IBTS, employees, was passed onto the Department of Finance or if the IBTS retain the money, as part of its own pension plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6329/12]

Health Service Plan 2012: Statements (Resumed) (2 Feb 2012)

Peter Mathews: Those are very kind remarks. I thank the Deputy.

Health Service Plan 2012: Statements (Resumed) (2 Feb 2012)

Peter Mathews: I will let you know when there is one minute remaining.

Health Service Plan 2012: Statements (Resumed) (2 Feb 2012)

Peter Mathews: I believe Deputy Seán Kenny is sharing ten minutes with Deputy Spring.

European Council Meeting: Statements (1 Feb 2012)

Peter Mathews: I am sorry there is so little time. The opening lines of the treaty signed in recent days read "CONSCIOUS of the obligation of the Contracting Parties, as Member States of the European Union, to regard their economic policies as a matter of common concern..." That is the open invitation-----

European Council Meeting: Statements (1 Feb 2012)

Peter Mathews: I have. Please-----

European Council Meeting: Statements (1 Feb 2012)

Peter Mathews: Deputy Mac Lochlainn said we have a 500 lb gorilla. It is not; the crisis of Europe is actually a 2,000 lb gorilla. When I was with the finance committee-----

European Council Meeting: Statements (1 Feb 2012)

Peter Mathews: When I was with the finance and public expenditure committee, meeting other committees in the Bundestag, we put to them information of which they were clearly not aware. These people are on the budgetary committee of the Bundestag, with a €300 billion budget. I put it to them that the loan losses in our banking system were 60% of our national income or GDP. If the same problem had arisen...

European Council Meeting: Statements (1 Feb 2012)

Peter Mathews: I will reiterate the question asked by Deputy Mac Lochlainn. At the summit on Monday, why was the question of the unsustainability of private banking debt that has now been socialised in this country not on the agenda for discussion?

European Council Meeting: Statements (1 Feb 2012)

Peter Mathews: The ESRI equivalent in Germany was not aware that the three elements of debt in this economy comprised private household debt and non-financial corporate debt as well as the sovereign debt, which is the focus of the fiscal compact. Our private household debt and non-financial corporate debt is twice the size of that of Greece, which is in the emergency ICU.

European Council Meeting: Statements (1 Feb 2012)

Peter Mathews: What is happening today is really a shame. We are boxed into the old traditions-----

European Council Meeting: Statements (1 Feb 2012)

Peter Mathews: It is not understood.

European Council Meeting: Statements (1 Feb 2012)

Peter Mathews: It is not doom and gloom. It is reality.

European Council Meeting: Statements (1 Feb 2012)

Peter Mathews: No, it is not.

Written Answers — National Asset Management Agency: National Asset Management Agency (31 Jan 2012)

Peter Mathews: Question 118: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the National Asset Management Agency is delaying the sale of land in Sandyford, Dublin 18 (details supplied) that will allow for the investment of €10 million by a private company and significant job creation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4917/12]

Written Answers — State Banking Sector: State Banking Sector (31 Jan 2012)

Peter Mathews: Question 124: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that the vast majority of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation's liabilities are now accounted for by emergency liquidity assistance debts to the Central Bank of Ireland; if he will provide an estimate of the level of these debts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4990/12]

Written Answers — State Banking Sector: State Banking Sector (31 Jan 2012)

Peter Mathews: Question 125: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has requested that the Central Bank of Ireland allow the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation to delay beginning repayments of its emergency liquidity assistance debts until the country has emerged from its economic crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4991/12]

Written Answers — State Banking Sector: State Banking Sector (31 Jan 2012)

Peter Mathews: Question 126: To ask the Minister for Finance, on the understanding, based on Article 14.4 of the ECB statute, that deferral of emergency liquidity assistance repayments can be blocked by a two thirds vote of the ECB Governing Council, if he has asked for ECB President Draghi's support in approving such a proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4992/12]