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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Costs (24 Feb 2015)

Peter Mathews: 359. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs regarding child care costs, his plans to provide any or extra financial relief to families, who pay extortionate amounts for their child care every month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7845/15]

Order of Business (19 Feb 2015)

Peter Mathews: The Minister will have an interest in this topic, which comes under Bills before the Dáil and Seanad, the Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014. It is with awesome cheek and arrogance that Japan Tobacco Group threatens to sue the Minister for Health and the HSE for bringing forward the Bill. The Government should consider counter-suing them as a class action on...

Order of Business (17 Feb 2015)

Peter Mathews: Within the ambit of the programme for Government and, in particular, the acute crisis facing the new Greek Government, perhaps Members should have a debate in this House about the solidarity they must show in terms of debt sustainability for debtor nations. I do not refer simply to national debt in countries as in Ireland, we have particular problems with non-financial corporate debt and...

Order of Business (17 Feb 2015)

Peter Mathews: A Cheann Comhairle, I brought this matter to the attention of the Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael Noonan, in September 2011.

Order of Business (17 Feb 2015)

Peter Mathews: Does the Ceann Comhairle recall the paper by Cecchetti, Mohanty and Zampolli on the real effects of debt, the unsustainability of debt and what happens to a political economy when it is overburdened?

Order of Business (17 Feb 2015)

Peter Mathews: Inequality now presents itself-----

Order of Business (17 Feb 2015)

Peter Mathews: The Taoiseach will remember the book I gave him before Christmas 2012, The Price of Inequality, which was worthy of a read.

Order of Business (17 Feb 2015)

Peter Mathews: It outlines Stiglitz's view about what happens to an economy when education and health come under pressure and the middle economy of ordinary households-----

Order of Business (17 Feb 2015)

Peter Mathews: It is just a gentle reminder.

Order of Business (17 Feb 2015)

Peter Mathews: I acknowledge the Ceann Comhairle has great forbearance as the Chair.

Order of Business (17 Feb 2015)

Peter Mathews: I am appealing to his forbearance to allow me to remind the Taoiseach of these hugely important matters.

Order of Business (17 Feb 2015)

Peter Mathews: It has gone forward as a Topical Issue, but it has not been drawn.

Order of Business (17 Feb 2015)

Peter Mathews: I understand the pressure.

Order of Business (17 Feb 2015)

Peter Mathews: We should show solidarity with Greece. Mr. Tsipras and Mr. Varoufakis are worthy people.

Order of Business (17 Feb 2015)

Peter Mathews: Are we going to show solidarity and will Members have a debate?

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Feb 2015)

Peter Mathews: I wish to be positively encouraging in bringing this Bill forward. I also wish to make it more robust. It is a little limp at present due to the lack of definitions, targets and in respect of climate justice. It ought to be strengthened and made more robust in those three areas. We should not be afraid. Otherwise, the Minister is introducing a limp Bill that does nothing. Well done...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Alcohol Advertising (10 Feb 2015)

Peter Mathews: We did it with smokeless fuels.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Alcohol Advertising (10 Feb 2015)

Peter Mathews: It is obvious from the contributions that have been made and the questions that have been raised that this is a key issue in Irish society at the moment. As Deputy Martin said, this process has been going on for six years. I agree with Deputy Creighton that we have now reached the crunch time. As the leader of the country, the Taoiseach should not suggest that the Government says this or...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Alcohol Advertising (10 Feb 2015)

Peter Mathews: Sorry, a Cheann Comhairle-----

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Alcohol Advertising (10 Feb 2015)

Peter Mathews: Maybe in future the Chair might like to ask me first.