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An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhaltaí de Thithe an Oireachtais) 2014: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jan 2015)

Peter Mathews: That is rubbish.

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhaltaí de Thithe an Oireachtais) 2014: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jan 2015)

Peter Mathews: Are they not human beings?

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhaltaí de Thithe an Oireachtais) 2014: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jan 2015)

Peter Mathews: No.

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhaltaí de Thithe an Oireachtais) 2014: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jan 2015)

Peter Mathews: The candidate's name is Mr. Keogh. In the general election he secures a seat in Parliament. He may be a member of the Government but for 12 months he represents the new party based on its unanimously agreed principles and policies and everything works fine. Ireland, with its 4.5 million people, is then visited by a pandemic that makes Ebola look simple. This is possible. The World Health...

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhaltaí de Thithe an Oireachtais) 2014: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jan 2015)

Peter Mathews: I will make my final points later.

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhaltaí de Thithe an Oireachtais) 2014: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jan 2015)

Peter Mathews: Tairgim: "Go léifear an Bille an Dara hUair anois." I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I thank everybody for being present for the Second Reading of the Bill. It is by providence that we are here today. We have to thank the peoples of Germany and eastern Europe, in particular, who have gained their independence from the Soviet Union in recent times. I also thank...

Order of Business (22 Jan 2015)

Peter Mathews: I raise the matter that will be discussed in the Private Members' debate tomorrow at 10 a.m. Yesterday, I met the Chief Whip just outside the Chamber to ask what the position of the Government parties was on this Private Members Bill because it affects our Constitution, parliamentary representation and responsibility to conscience. The proposed section has the exact same wording as the...

Order of Business (22 Jan 2015)

Peter Mathews: The Chief Whip said he could not tell me the Government's position on it.

Order of Business (22 Jan 2015)

Peter Mathews: It was discourteous. Earlier this week, I had spoken to the Secretary General of the Department of the Taoiseach to apprise him of what was in this, its meaning and why it was being proposed.

Order of Business (22 Jan 2015)

Peter Mathews: I am sorry.

Order of Business (22 Jan 2015)

Peter Mathews: Yesterday, The Taoiseach told me he had consulted the Attorney General. There is no need to consult the Attorney General at this stage.

Order of Business (22 Jan 2015)

Peter Mathews: I have always co-operated with the Chair.

Order of Business (22 Jan 2015)

Peter Mathews: You do not have to ask me to leave; you may choose to ask me.

Order of Business (22 Jan 2015)

Peter Mathews: I will take only one further minute.

Order of Business (22 Jan 2015)

Peter Mathews: It was a Freudian slip.

Order of Business (22 Jan 2015)

Peter Mathews: I hope he knows his lines by heart.

Order of Business (22 Jan 2015)

Peter Mathews: The Chief Whip is a theatre actor. He can learn his lines by heart.

Leaders' Questions (22 Jan 2015)

Peter Mathews: Get real. What about ordinary English?

Order of Business (21 Jan 2015)

Peter Mathews: There are 166 of us. This is not a party chatroom but a Parliament.

Order of Business (21 Jan 2015)

Peter Mathews: Yet the parties are dominating it, which plainly is wrong.