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

Shane Ross: Enterprise Ireland is one of the least efficient organisations among the semi-State satellites and, I can tell you, that is saying something.

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

Shane Ross: I agree with much of the Sinn Féin proposal-----

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

Shane Ross: -----that many of these job creation entities should be merged, because they are quangos which do very little. They are established as window dressing to protect Governments so they can hide behind them and summon them.

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

Shane Ross: The previous Taoiseach's solution to the unemployment problem was to knock together of all of the heads of the quangos but nothing happened. The Government is doing exactly the same.

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

Shane Ross: I am glad the Minister of State is awake. Thank God for a voice from the Government benches.

Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2011)

Shane Ross: I would like to lighten the Tánaiste's burden this morning by bringing him some good news from Frankfurt.

Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2011)

Shane Ross: The Tánaiste will be aware that Europe has woken up to the fact that bankers are not the only scandals in suits in the financial crisis. The draft regulation has surfaced this week pointing the finger very decidedly at auditors. They say there is no longer any trust between the clients of auditors, the public and the Government because auditors have betrayed that trust particularly in the...

Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2011)

Shane Ross: It also points out specifically - this is where Ireland comes in - that the auditing world is dominated by what it calls an oligopoly. By that, it means the big four - PricewaterhouseCoopers, KPMG, Deloitte & Touche and Ernst & Young. Nowhere is that problem greater than in Ireland, and the kernel of the problem is the consultancy work that has been given to auditors who are also auditing...

Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2011)

Shane Ross: I have a question coming. The Government has invariably employed the big four to do consultancy work in the case of the banks, and at the same time, in many high-profile cases, they have passed the banks and given the all-clear for the solvency test. How long will the Government continue to accept the independence of these guys when they are patently compromised? How long will it continue...

Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2011)

Shane Ross: I am getting used to the Tánaiste and the Taoiseach replying to my questions by agreeing with the sentiments in them and then doing absolutely nothing. The vast fees paid to PwC, KPMG, Deloitte and Ernst & Young, a company that disgraced itself in Anglo Irish Bank, are completely indefensible. How long will the Government continue to pay these fees when there are equally reputable - or...

Leaders' Questions (5 Oct 2011)

Shane Ross: Two weeks ago I raised an issue about the vast payment of €700,000 to the Secretary General of the Department of the Taoiseach on his retirement. I was given a plausible, albeit unconvincing, response that it was a legacy issue resulting from a deal negotiated under the previous Government. I propose to touch on something Deputy Martin addressed which is not a legacy issue. It is related...

Leaders' Questions (5 Oct 2011)

Shane Ross: I thank the Taoiseach for not addressing the question in any way. Will he answer it? I will put it very simply to him and ask him not to give me a lecture on quangos. Is the Taoiseach happy there was no competition and no advertising for this job, that an insider was appointed and that no interview took place?

Leaders' Questions (5 Oct 2011)

Shane Ross: Is this the procedure over which he will continue to acquiesce with the NTMA and other State bodies? This person presumably got a salary - perhaps the Taoiseach will tell the House what it was because the NTMA will not. That is unacceptable as well. I suspect it is equivalent to those of bankers and has a bonus attached.

Leaders' Questions (5 Oct 2011)

Shane Ross: Wait until this week.

Leaders' Questions (5 Oct 2011)

Shane Ross: What about the procedures?

Recent Developments in the Eurozone: Statements (5 Oct 2011)

Shane Ross: The Greek people are on the streets today, Italy's credit rating has been downgraded and there is a threat of further downgrades. Deputy Boyd Barrett is absolutely right. In the meantime, this Chamber is given one and a half hours to discuss an issue which has rapidly become totally out of hand. I do not have time to indulge in a critique of Government policy. Will the Minister, based on...

Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2011)

Shane Ross: The House will be aware of the imminent departure of the Secretary General at the Department of Finance, as announced last week. Is the Taoiseach prepared to explain to the House the circumstances in which this happened? Is this part of the policy which he enunciated prior to forming a Government to shake up the Civil Service and to make civil servants accountable for their actions, in...

Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2011)

Shane Ross: Can the Taoiseach give us an assurance that the process in this regard will be transparent and will include external interviewers rather than people from the Department of Finance? Can he also give us an assurance that people from the private sector will be considered for this job?

Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2011)

Shane Ross: I would be based on the current pay scale, bonuses and pension provisions.

Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2011)

Shane Ross: I would like to hear the Taoiseach's response to the following constructive suggestion. Will the Taoiseach, following the selection and appointment process, consider allowing the appointee to appear in public session before an Oireachtas committee, presumably, the Committee of Public Accounts - Mr. Cardiff will have to appear before MEPs when he goes to Europe - for questioning in regard to...