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- Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Dec 2014)
Peter Mathews: A year ago, on 19 December, the legislation was rushed through by guillotine by a Government with the largest majority ever in this State. It follows from what was equivalent to the physical destruction that occurred in Europe in the years 1939 to 1945. There was physical destruction that required a rebuilding of the countries where that destruction had taken place. In Ireland, there was...
- Order of Business (4 Dec 2014)
Peter Mathews: On a point of order, the conduct of the proceedings over the past half an hour has been bewildering. Where is parliamentary democracy?
- Order of Business (4 Dec 2014)
Peter Mathews: The Tánaiste said the Government had generously provided 17 hours of debate for the Water Services Bill 2014. On 19 December 2013, nearly a year ago to the day, there was a walk-out by the Opposition when the Water Services (No. 2) Bill was first presented.
- Order of Business (4 Dec 2014)
Peter Mathews: The point of order is that a Bill that was selected by lottery for a two-hour debate tomorrow has now been shunted into the new year, to be debated on 23 January 2016. That will provide 166 Members with 43 seconds each to determine their responsibilities as parliamentary representatives of the whole people of Ireland.
- Order of Business (4 Dec 2014)
Peter Mathews: They were pathetically talking about water services affecting everyone in Ireland. Yes, they do, and so will the Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas) Bill 2014. Yet the Government is giving 43 seconds per Member of Parliament. They should be ashamed of themselves.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Business of Joint Committee
General Scheme of Sale of Loan Books to Unregulated Third Parties Bill 2014: Discussion (3 Dec 2014) Peter Mathews: This is of interest as it is a parallel issue. The same thing applies to life assurance companies. I have personal experience of the situation. They now advise customers who hold a convertible life policy that they are obliged by the Central Bank to advise in the interests of customers that the policy could be sold or transferred to a third party in a secondary market. I looked at the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Business of Joint Committee
General Scheme of Sale of Loan Books to Unregulated Third Parties Bill 2014: Discussion (3 Dec 2014) Peter Mathews: I do. To set the scene for my contribution, I am always last. Even though one might see me first, I must be the last to contribute even though we have a very good Vice Chairman. That is because I am not a member of this committee because I was removed from it on 3 July 2013 and I am not allowed to be a member of any committee because of a conscience vote. This is an area in which I have...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Business of Joint Committee
General Scheme of Sale of Loan Books to Unregulated Third Parties Bill 2014: Discussion (3 Dec 2014) Peter Mathews: The letters that summarise the situation of the two so-called pillar banks are OOOC. What do those letters stand for? They stand for "out of operational control". That is my experience. Mr. Joyce has given very good case evidence and I congratulate Ms Blackwell on her contribution to "The Pat Kenny Show" this morning which discussed how after five years as a tenant and having been fully...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Business of Joint Committee
General Scheme of Sale of Loan Books to Unregulated Third Parties Bill 2014: Discussion (3 Dec 2014) Peter Mathews: But we should all think about this. We really must wake up and be honest and banks have to stop faffing around and get real. I know that they are not actually responding meaningfully, to use their own terms, to people. I know this because I am dealing with about five cases at the moment. I know that their boards of directors are refusing to meet professional representatives in cases where...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Business of Joint Committee
General Scheme of Sale of Loan Books to Unregulated Third Parties Bill 2014: Discussion (3 Dec 2014) Peter Mathews: It is not sincerity. These facts have not been shared.
- Order of Business (2 Dec 2014)
Peter Mathews: The Taoiseach is aware - certainly the people are - that parliamentary democracy and representation have become increasingly eroded and undermined, coming under increasing existential threat as a result of over-rigid, over-dominant and abusive use of what is called the Whip system.
- Order of Business (2 Dec 2014)
Peter Mathews: The Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas) Bill 2014 proposes to amend Article 15 to provide that all Members of the Dáil and Seanad shall be representatives of the whole people, not bound by orders or instructions, and responsible only to their conscience.
- Order of Business (2 Dec 2014)
Peter Mathews: This Bill was drawn in the legislative schedule lottery and was scheduled for debate on Friday, 5 December. It has been pushed out of it by the Government’s requirement under the Whip system to deal with water services legislation. It is an irony that this Bill which could become the cornerstone of our democracy is being pushed out under the Whip system.
- Order of Business (2 Dec 2014)
Peter Mathews: A Cheann Comhairle, please.
- Order of Business (2 Dec 2014)
Peter Mathews: Would it not be a useful time to pause and reflect on the irony here?
- Order of Business (2 Dec 2014)
Peter Mathews: This is a ready-made Bill that has worked in the Federal Republic of Germany since 1949.
- Order of Business (2 Dec 2014)
Peter Mathews: If the water services legislation had been debated without the imposition of the Whip on 19 December 2013, we would not be here on Friday.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)
Peter Mathews: It will take me 30 seconds. Ernest Hemingway was challenged to write a short story in no more than six words. He did: "For sale: baby shoes, never worn." I would like to-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)
Peter Mathews: Just listen, a Cheann Comhairle.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)
Peter Mathews: In 47 words-----