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Written Answers — EU-IMF Fund: EU-IMF Fund (3 May 2011)

Peter Mathews: Question 133: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 270 of 12 January 2011, the new interest rate charged on International Monetary Fund borrowings as a result of the quota revision; if he will provide a breakdown of this rate showing the margin added; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9315/11]

EU-IMF Programme: Statements (4 May 2011)

Peter Mathews: This is a report card by the Government to the people who entered into an agreement to provide a working capital arrangement for Ireland over the next five or six years. Some of the points made by the Opposition this evening are understandable in so far as they are trying to grasp the situation without thinking it through fully. The straitjacket of the parameters of the template for this...

EU-IMF Programme: Statements (4 May 2011)

Peter Mathews: It still is.

Residential Mortgage Debt: Motion (Resumed) (4 May 2011)

Peter Mathews: Like Deputy Paschal Donohoe I commend the proposers of the motion and agree with their analysis but it falls short in terms of solutions. An example occurred during the week that I would like to share with Members that explains at a microcosm level, and can be extrapolated to the national level, the terrible bind the country is in with the legacy debt for households, the banks and the...

Residential Mortgage Debt: Motion (Resumed) (4 May 2011)

Peter Mathews: I spoke about resolution.

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (4 May 2011)

Peter Mathews: Question 61: To ask the Minister for Finance the protection in place for whistleblowers who expose wrongdoing in financial institutions; his plans to introduce legislation to further protect them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9975/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (4 May 2011)

Peter Mathews: Question 107: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the grants or funding from Pobal available to a group of unemployed persons who have established a networking group in the community in an attempt to find employment; the way they should go about applying for this funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9953/11]

Jobs Initiative 2011: Statements (10 May 2011)

Peter Mathews: A trinity.

Written Answers — Legislative Programme: Legislative Programme (10 May 2011)

Peter Mathews: Question 81: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to amend the Construction Contracts Bill 2011 to ensure that contracts less than €200,000 are not excluded from the Act in order that the majority of small and medium contractors and specialists contractors benefit from the Act; and his plans to amend the Act to ensure that the adjudicators decision is binding when the dispute is...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (10 May 2011)

Peter Mathews: Question 92: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that non-teaching staff in a private school whose wages are not paid by the Exchequer are excluded in the reduction in public sector wages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10366/11]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (10 May 2011)

Peter Mathews: Question 126: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that non-teaching staff in a private school whose wages are not paid by the Exchequer are excluded in the reduction in public sector wages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10367/11]

Written Answers — Public Procurement Guidelines: Public Procurement Guidelines (10 May 2011)

Peter Mathews: Question 165: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the procurement guidelines followed by the National Standards Authority of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10556/11]

Written Answers — Unfinished Housing Developments: Unfinished Housing Developments (10 May 2011)

Peter Mathews: Question 251: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide this Deputy with a copy of the interim report on the advisory group on unfinished housing developments that was completed last February; if he will provide a copy of the submission received from Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10557/11]

Written Answers — Animal Welfare: Animal Welfare (10 May 2011)

Peter Mathews: Question 316: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans to protect the health and safety of Irish greyhounds once they reach China; the reasons for choosing China as a target market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10332/11]

Jobs Initiative 2011: Statements (Resumed) (11 May 2011)

Peter Mathews: On Thursday, 24 February, my canvass team was tired, worn out and tense, the weather was not ideal and there were only hours to go before election day. One of my sons, who was out of a job at the time, was on the team when a very angry lady constituent in Goatstown opened the hall door of her house. The following day, which was election day, she wrote me an e-mail, which I propose to read...

Jobs Initiative 2011: Statements (Resumed) (11 May 2011)

Peter Mathews: I will be finished in just one minute.

Jobs Initiative 2011: Statements (Resumed) (11 May 2011)

Peter Mathews: It will be short. A stimulus package of €75 billion, in loan write-downs of approximately 25% to 30% for households and businesses, could be cascaded back to them. This gigantic stimulus to the economy would produce at least 5% growth in GDP, equating to a figure of €7 billion, which would counterbalance the sum of €18 billion.

Jobs Initiative 2011: Statements (Resumed) (11 May 2011)

Peter Mathews: I could take a week.

Jobs Initiative 2011: Statements (Resumed) (11 May 2011)

Peter Mathews: I hope people might listen.

Jobs Initiative 2011: Statements (Resumed) (11 May 2011)

Peter Mathews: The Deputy missed an earlier contribution.