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Banking Sector Regulation: Motion (Resumed) (14 Mar 2012)

Shane Ross: Why not? There is nobody from the Government and no Labour Party Deputies. There is no representative of the Government - neither a Minister nor a Member. Can we not suspend until they turn up? We have been sitting here now for ten minutes.

Banking Sector Regulation: Motion (Resumed) (14 Mar 2012)

Shane Ross: No debate is going on. How can we have a debate without a Minister?

Banking Sector Regulation: Motion (Resumed) (14 Mar 2012)

Shane Ross: Is it in order?

Banking Sector Regulation: Motion (Resumed) (14 Mar 2012)

Shane Ross: How can we enforce having a Minister or a Government Member come to the House?

Banking Sector Regulation: Motion (Resumed) (14 Mar 2012)

Shane Ross: We are going.

Banking Sector Regulation: Motion (Resumed) (14 Mar 2012)

Shane Ross: Can we wait for a Minister?

Banking Sector Regulation: Motion (Resumed) (14 Mar 2012)

Shane Ross: Is it in order for a debate to go ahead without a Minister?

Banking Sector Regulation: Motion (Resumed) (14 Mar 2012)

Shane Ross: Can we wait for a Minister, please?

Banking Sector Regulation: Motion (Resumed) (14 Mar 2012)

Shane Ross: Hear, hear.

Banking Sector Regulation: Motion (Resumed) (14 Mar 2012)

Shane Ross: I would like to respond to some of the comments made by the Minister of State, Deputy Brian Hayes, last night. The Government seems to rely on its amendment in defence, on the credit being given to small businesses and on the Credit Review Office. I do not know whether anybody in the House knows anything about the Credit Review Office but we should put it under scrutiny before we accept...

Written Answers — Bank Stress Tests: Bank Stress Tests (15 Mar 2012)

Shane Ross: Question 12: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm, further to Question No. 123, that the EBA peer review team was aware of and approved all amendments to methodologies and changes to formulas applied by the Irish banks or the Central Bank of Ireland to the stress tests in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14809/12]

Written Answers — Tourism Industry: Tourism Industry (15 Mar 2012)

Shane Ross: Question 158: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount being spent by Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland on the promotion of the English language training sector and of the golfing sector, respectively, each year for the past three years and the revenue generated by these sectors each year. [14810/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (21 Mar 2012)

Shane Ross: Question 731: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider having English language training promoted by Enterprise Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14811/12]

Private Members' Business. European Stability Mechanism: Motion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2012)

Shane Ross: The deal on the promissory notes is not in the bag yet. Reports from Europe on RTE this morning suggest there still is opposition to this in the European Central Bank and that we should not take it for granted at this stage. It is also very unclear what the coupon is on the bond, what the interest rate will be on that bond, and it would be wrong to pass any judgment at this stage. It might...

Private Members' Business. European Stability Mechanism: Motion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2012)

Shane Ross: I have not spoken on the motion yet. I will reserve that for another day.

Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2012)

Shane Ross: I refer to two announcements made yesterday, one of significance and to which Deputy Adams has referred, the confirmation by the Governor of the Central Bank, Patrick Honohan, that the deal was done or virtually done. The second announcement was made by the Tánaiste in the House that a referendum would be held on 31 May. An observer could be forgiven for noting that the timing was not...

Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2012)

Shane Ross: I thank the Tánaiste for his reply. I take it he means that the financial stability of the State, therefore, is restored. This brings me to my final question. If this relief on the €3.1 billion and on further bank debt is to restore the financial stability of the State, we have been rightly led to believe that the austerity package which the Government has imposed on the country and on...

Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2012)

Shane Ross: Thank you Ceann Comhairle. On behalf of the Technical Group, I would like to join with Deputy McDonald and the Taoiseach in expressing our sympathy to Deputy Doherty on the death of his father. Yesterday the Cabinet moved to end the confusion which had existed about these water charges, following a report in The Sunday Times last Sunday. We should greet that with a certain amount of...

Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2012)

Shane Ross: Well if you tell us how much it is, that would be fine.

Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2012)

Shane Ross: The second thing is what the Americans call the known unknown. We know there will be a €40 charge and we know that that voted €40 charge-----