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Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (20 Sep 2011)

Shane Ross: Question 86: To ask the Taoiseach the sum of any public funds and their purpose which have been awarded by his Department either directly or indirectly to the Irish Business and Employers Confederation in the past decade. [22270/11]

Written Answers — Ministerial Appointments: Ministerial Appointments (20 Sep 2011)

Shane Ross: Question 87: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide details of all appointments made by him since he came to office and include internal departmental and appointments to semi-States. [22330/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (20 Sep 2011)

Shane Ross: Question 88: To ask the Taoiseach the amount of money he has paid out individually to a company (details supplied) in the past decade; and if he will provide details of the tasks performed. [22331/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (20 Sep 2011)

Shane Ross: Question 89: To ask the Taoiseach the amount of money that has been paid directly or indirectly from him to the ICTU and individual trades unions in the past decade; the reasons for the payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22332/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (20 Sep 2011)

Shane Ross: Question 95: To ask the Taoiseach the amount of State funding directly or indirectly that has been paid to fund trade unions, related bodies or trader union interests or causes in the past decade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22619/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (20 Sep 2011)

Shane Ross: Question 99: To ask the Taoiseach the details of spending, using Departmental credit cards held by Department staff over the past four years; the numbers of persons in his Department who hold credit cards; the credit limits of said cards; and the amount that was specifically spent by his Department on entertainment provided using said credit card. [23319/11]

Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2011)

Shane Ross: The Taoiseach who has just made a rousing rallying cry on the economy will no doubt be aware of the IMF report issued last night. It is devastating in its findings, not just with regard to the global economy but also and more particularly in respect of Europe. The chief economist of the IMF has stated it is time for Europe to get its act together. These are pretty strong words from an...

Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2011)

Shane Ross: The IMF has suggested - this runs counter to much of what the Taoiseach has just said - that all European countries will be obliged to surrender a great deal of their economic sovereignty if the current problem is to be solved. The Taoiseach has stated - I applaud him for it - that is that our ambition is to get ourselves out of the grasp of the IMF-EU-ECB troika and re-establish our...

Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2011)

Shane Ross: Perhaps the Taoiseach might answer the question I posed on sovereignty when dealing with the supplementary question I am about to ask. Will he indicate whether he is prepared, as required by the IMF, to give up our sovereignty? Is the Taoiseach satisfied that President Sarkozy and Chancellor Merkel should be meeting and posing as the spokespersons for Europe on a continual basis? The...

Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2011)

Shane Ross: Is the Taoiseach happy to be an impotent spectator in the European solution to this problem, while others in similar positions are posing as the leaders of Europe? Is he happy to allow these individuals to speak for him?

European Financial Stability Facility and Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Sep 2011)

Shane Ross: I take Deputy Donohoe's point about those who oppose this Bill having an obligation to state from where the necessary money will come, which is a fair debating point. It does not mean one cannot be critical either of what has been going on or of the bones of this Bill. However, perhaps the Opposition, like all Oppositions, should make suitable suggestions - not a popular thing to do - about...

ESB and Disposal of State Assets: Motion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2011)

Shane Ross: I do not support the motion, mainly because it "believes that commercial semi-State companies should not be privatised in part or in whole". Zealots on both sides of this argument are wrong. In particular in the situation in which the Government finds itself, one has to adopt a pragmatic attitude to the sale of State assets. In an ideal world, we would not be selling anything at all....

Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Sep 2011)

Shane Ross: I worry about this Bill while understanding why the Government feels the need to introduce it because its back is to the wall. I agree with much of what was said by Deputy Broughan and Deputy Boyd Barrett. This is not the first time such a situation has occurred. I worry about the compensation culture which compensates businesses which run into trouble and are bailed out by the Government...

Employment and National Internship Scheme: Motion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2011)

Shane Ross: Hear, hear.

Employment and National Internship Scheme: Motion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2011)

Shane Ross: Let me deal with the criticism regarding the absence of the Independent group last night. It is fair enough and I am as guilty as anybody if the group's number was not as high as it should have been. This is dangerous territory in which to tread, however, because, since I entered the House this evening, I have not seen a single Minister, in spite of this being a debate on jobs. I have seen...

Employment and National Internship Scheme: Motion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2011)

Shane Ross: Yes, but she was not here for a period of the debate.

Employment and National Internship Scheme: Motion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2011)

Shane Ross: This is the type of politics in which we should not indulge, but it started on the Government side of the House and people in glasshouses should not throw stones.

Employment and National Internship Scheme: Motion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2011)

Shane Ross: This is the only comment I will make on the matter as it is unproductive. This is a serious debate and if the only contribution people on the Government side have to make is to state not enough members of the Technical Group are present, it looks to me as though they are pretty bankrupt of ideas for sorting out the jobs problem.

Employment and National Internship Scheme: Motion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2011)

Shane Ross: I have not seen before or during this debate, or in Government thinking since it came to office, any radical change in its attitude towards job creation. Nobody on the Government side appears to think in any way outside the box. They seem to think with exactly the same paralysis as the previous Government on this issue. I acknowledge the internship programme and it is not fair necessarily...

Employment and National Internship Scheme: Motion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2011)

Shane Ross: I am glad to hear the Minister of State interrupting. He has come to life and I am glad to see that someone on the Government side has come to life. It is good. Stand up, speak and interrupt whenever you like. The other area in which the Government could do something is that of credit, which was mentioned by a speaker on the Government side of whom the Minister of State did not take any...