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- Parliamentary Scrutiny of Appointments (European Commission) (No. 2) Bill 2014: First Stage (3 Jul 2014)
Peter Mathews: Hear, hear.
- Parliamentary Scrutiny of Appointments (European Commission) (No. 2) Bill 2014: First Stage (3 Jul 2014)
Peter Mathews: Hear, hear.
- Parliamentary Scrutiny of Appointments (European Commission) (No. 2) Bill 2014: First Stage (3 Jul 2014)
Peter Mathews: Hear, hear.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2014)
Peter Mathews: The strategy is more finessed.
- Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2014)
Peter Mathews: I find it difficult to deny the obvious. As Deputies Calleary and Tóibín have pointed out, we are staring at the obvious. It is an open goal. The Minister is at a landmark moment or a crossroads in that he is able to do something meaningful for all of the families and individuals in this country. The volume supply of food and household goods is controlled by a few large...
- Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2014)
Peter Mathews: I did not say that.
- Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2014)
Peter Mathews: No, that is not what I said.
- Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2014)
Peter Mathews: Excuse me, a Cheann Comhairle, the Minister was attributing to me something I did not say.
- Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2014)
Peter Mathews: Are you going to allow him to claim I said something that I did not say?
- Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2014)
Peter Mathews: He is making a point on something I did not say.
- Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2014)
Peter Mathews: You can allow him to say-----
- Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2014)
Peter Mathews: I am saying we should do what is right.
- Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2014)
Peter Mathews: I said that the Minister has an open goal.
- Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2014)
Peter Mathews: He said he should introduce a level playing pitch.
- Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2014)
Peter Mathews: Does it say in every case?
- Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2014)
Peter Mathews: In World Cup terms, the Minister has an open goal.
- Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2014)
Peter Mathews: We have reached an important point in the legislation because this issue boils down to whether we know what we are doing. These amendments relate to transparency regarding the food and household goods bought by families and individuals. We need to know what are the sales of the large organisations in question and what costs they incur when they buy the goods they sell. The power of these...
- Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2014)
Peter Mathews: We will have free bets next.
- Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2014)
Peter Mathews: Hear, hear.
- Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2014)
Peter Mathews: As a follow-on to Deputy Tóibín's comments, what we knew as the newsagent is becoming more and more the convenience store, which falls under the groceries umbrella. Big multiple stores such as Tesco, are scaling down to convenience-type stores in certain locations, particularly in cities which have a passing population for convenience purposes. The blurring of the types of goods...