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- National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 May 2014)
Peter Mathews: Given that only the Minister and three colleagues are here, and I welcome Deputy Coppinger, I might as well be talking in the garden at home.
- National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 May 2014)
Peter Mathews: I hope it is recorded. Perhaps the Minister would ask his colleagues on the Government benches to examine this and to start the banking inquiry along the lines I have just mentioned, because it could save a great deal of money. Let us save some money for the taxpayer and let us share with the taxpayer the truthful, fair and even-handed opening scene. Let us pull back the curtains and start...
- National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 May 2014)
Peter Mathews: No.
- National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 May 2014)
Peter Mathews: I have not had an opportunity to look into this Bill in great detail. There is no point in trying to present myself as somebody who has looked into it in great detail, because I have not done so, but I will make some general observations regarding what has happened to the NPRF since the 31st Dáil was formed. In a development I viewed with alarm and regret, as I felt it was the wrong...
- Guerin Report: Statements (Resumed) (28 May 2014)
Peter Mathews: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Frances Fitzgerald, to her new post and wish her well with her responsibilities. It is a big challenge. This is a report to the Taoiseach entitled "Review of the action taken by An Garda Síochána pertaining to certain allegations made by Sergeant Maurice McCabe", by Seán Guerin, SC, of 6 May 2014. The first page of his conclusions, page 329,...
- Guerin Report: Statements (Resumed) (28 May 2014)
Peter Mathews: We are talking about any organisation whose members face the significant daily challenges that must be borne by those whose duty it is to ensure the security of the State and the safety of its citizens.
- Guerin Report: Statements (Resumed) (28 May 2014)
Peter Mathews: There is no organisation other than the Government that is more relevant to that statement, as a platform for the report.
- Guerin Report: Statements (Resumed) (28 May 2014)
Peter Mathews: I will proceed to another part of the conclusions made in the report. It states:While it is beyond the scope of this review to make any determination of the complaints Sergeant McCabe has made, the documentation examined gives cause to share the concern expressed in them and, for the reasons outlined in this report, there is cause for concern as to the adequacy of the investigations that...
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2014)
Peter Mathews: What about prom bonds?
- Return to Writ: Longford-Westmeath - Introduction of New Member (28 May 2014)
Peter Mathews: We welcome, with the warmest and best wishes, Deputy Gabrielle McFadden. We hope she has a happy and successful career.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Ireland's Corporate Tax System: Discussion (27 May 2014)
Peter Mathews: Is Mr. McCaughey telling me they would not blink?
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Ireland's Corporate Tax System: Discussion (27 May 2014)
Peter Mathews: That is a separate argument. The credit bubble involved boards of directors of banks abandoning fractional reserving, pumping up their balance sheets with issues of bonds and-----
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Ireland's Corporate Tax System: Discussion (27 May 2014)
Peter Mathews: Bank of Ireland had €61 billion in bond funding at the end of the year.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Ireland's Corporate Tax System: Discussion (27 May 2014)
Peter Mathews: I am very serious - so serious that I am trying to smile to counterbalance my frustration.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Ireland's Corporate Tax System: Discussion (27 May 2014)
Peter Mathews: Fairness is what we are aiming for.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Ireland's Corporate Tax System: Discussion (27 May 2014)
Peter Mathews: How much time do I have?
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Ireland's Corporate Tax System: Discussion (27 May 2014)
Peter Mathews: I want to contribute.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Ireland's Corporate Tax System: Discussion (27 May 2014)
Peter Mathews: Going back to when taxation was first talked about in principle, philosophically - equity, certainty, collectability - I believe we have moved into the realm of what happened in the stock exchanges. This was well elucidated by Michael Lewis in his recent book, Flash Boys, which dealt with the great danger and fear among investment banks that with the fragmentation of markets, risks were...
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Ireland's Corporate Tax System: Discussion (27 May 2014)
Peter Mathews: This is the parallel argument.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Ireland's Corporate Tax System: Discussion (27 May 2014)
Peter Mathews: It is difficult to have a conversation when-----