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- Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2015)
Peter Mathews: The Taoiseach can ask about it however.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2015)
Peter Mathews: The Taoiseach can ask about it.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2015)
Peter Mathews: The question Deputy Wallace is asking the Taoiseach to answer-----
- Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2015)
Peter Mathews: Which the Deputy has given to the Taoiseach.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2015)
Peter Mathews: He has given it to the Taoiseach.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2015)
Peter Mathews: The Taoiseach is the top man and-----
- Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2015)
Peter Mathews: What did the Taoiseach do?
- Topical Issue Debate: Community Development Initiatives (1 Oct 2015)
Peter Mathews: It is a record for me.
- Topical Issue Debate: Community Development Initiatives (1 Oct 2015)
Peter Mathews: The key is that one does not want the project dual temptation to eliminate or obliterate courtesy in the conduct of life.
- Topical Issue Debate: Community Development Initiatives (1 Oct 2015)
Peter Mathews: I appreciate the selection of this issue for debate. I am sorry that the line Minister is not here on this occasion. I think anybody in this House knows Dundrum Town Centre. It is the most modern shopping centre and has the largest footfall in the country. It is the subject of a Project Jewel sale by NAMA. There are three entities on the fifth floor of Dundrum Town Centre that provide...
- Topical Issue Debate: Community Development Initiatives (1 Oct 2015)
Peter Mathews: I have five seconds left. I know I have been a bit naughty in other areas on the Order of Business. It behoves the Minister to put a brake on this and to insist that civil discussions are opened.
- Topical Issue Debate: Community Development Initiatives (1 Oct 2015)
Peter Mathews: I acknowledge what the Minister of State says. The important thing here relates to a letter to me from Gerry Ashe, the chair of the board of directors of the Citizens Information Service which deals with 6,000 queries. I think he summarises it well. His letter stated:The CIC had previously held a sublease from the Education and Training board who also rent space in the Town Centre, but...
- Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 Sep 2015)
Peter Mathews: I just want to add a few thoughts that come to mind, having listened to the contributions. It is just not good enough for a Government as strong as this to introduce legislation as weak as this. It is only creating an appearance; it is an illusion; it is like a mirage. The legislation needs teeth and the teeth that have been offered in the amendments by Deputies Wallace and Daly are...
- Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 Sep 2015)
Peter Mathews: They should put into practice what they do in their own self-interest.
- Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 Sep 2015)
Peter Mathews: That is related to the amendment.
- Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 Sep 2015)
Peter Mathews: This is like the Ceann Comhairle earlier, who could not see that my contribution and the questions I asked were connected with the legislation and programme for Government. It is not the case that a steel trap door comes down and Members cannot talk about anything else. Of course, we can. This is a Parliament, from the French word "parler", to talk about ideas. These are small ideas and...
- Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 Sep 2015)
Peter Mathews: This is bewildering.
- Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 Sep 2015)
Peter Mathews: This is the climate that we live in.
- Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 Sep 2015)
Peter Mathews: It is the climate in which an old lady of 93 cannot get through on the telephone, a lovely Greek word from ancient civilisation; "telos" means far away and "phone" means voice - the faraway voice. In respect of Germany, only a few weeks ago, in regard to the migration of refugees, our papers were full of, "Germany has gone in to overdrive in generosity". The figure of 1% of its population,...
- Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 Sep 2015)
Peter Mathews: This is the "concrete" weather that Irish people live in; two million people unfairly treated in the so-called outcome of the collapse. Do not talk about recovery; it is an outcome at the moment. It is recovery for those few who own the capital and the wealth - the 6% to 8% growth, steady for the last 25 years. Those guys over there in numbers are afraid to write an assessment invoice to...