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Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2012)

Shane Ross: It is a standing charge of €40, more or less. We know that this charge will be used to repay a loan given by the National Pensions Reserve Fund. Why are the people borrowing money from the National Pensions Reserve Fund? We are borrowing our own money when we do that. This contrasts completely with what happened to the National Pensions Reserve Fund when the banks went to it. When the...

Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2012)

Shane Ross: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. I do not disagree with a lot of what he said but he did not answer the question. The question is very simple and maybe I could repeat it. I do not believe that the NPRF - to which the Taoiseach said the money will go back to pay for the pensions in the future - will ever pay a pension. It will be used for infrastructure. It has been used for the...

Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (18 Apr 2012)

Shane Ross: Question 1165: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding talks with Russia on a bilateral adoption agreement; the stage of these negotiations; her plans for the negotiations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18381/12]

Written Answers — Medicinal Products: Medicinal Products (18 Apr 2012)

Shane Ross: Question 1184: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a small pharmaceutical company (details supplied) in Dublin 14 was refused an application to the Irish Medicines Board to approve a switch from prescription only medicine to over the counter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18063/12]

Written Answers — Medicinal Products: Medicinal Products (18 Apr 2012)

Shane Ross: Question 1233: To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Irish Medicines Board has refused a designation to switch the drug Fluconazole from prescription to over the counter while under pharmacy supervision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18062/12]

Written Answers — Banking Sector Regulation: Banking Sector Regulation (24 Apr 2012)

Shane Ross: Question 207: To ask the Minister for Finance in relation to the European Central Bank corresponding central bank model and procedures within the Euro system with respect to collaterisation, the legal instrument used by all Eurozone Central Banks in respect of non-marketable securities include the use of pledge and assignment and the fact that the Central Bank of Ireland is the only...

Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (24 Apr 2012)

Shane Ross: Question 233: To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage of total annual revenue from taxation that comes from salary tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20423/12]

Written Answers — Industrial Disputes: Industrial Disputes (24 Apr 2012)

Shane Ross: Question 318: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his position on the upholding of Labour Court recommendations, in relation to a specific case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20422/12]

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (24 Apr 2012)

Shane Ross: Question 518: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when a decision will be made in respect of the restructuriung of the waste market as proposed by him; if he has had any discussions with the Competition Authority in respect of the proposed change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20425/12]

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (24 Apr 2012)

Shane Ross: Question 519: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has considered the findings of an economic report which examined the proposed restructuring of the waste market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20426/12]

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (24 Apr 2012)

Shane Ross: Question 520: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has conducted any estimate of the costs associated with the proposed restructuring of the waste market; in particular, if the cost of transferring to a tendering system for waste contracts has been estimated; if the potential increase in costs to consumers has been quantified; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (24 Apr 2012)

Shane Ross: Question 521: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has estimated the number of waste companies that would close as a result of the restructuring of the waste market, currently under consideration by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20428/12]

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (24 Apr 2012)

Shane Ross: Question 522: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the proposed restructuring of the waste market is designed to ensure the viability of one waste facility, namely the proposed waste to energy plant at Poolbeg, Dublin; his views on whether the contractual arrangements entered into between the parties to this plant could undermine the waste sector by...

Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2012)

Shane Ross: I would like to raise an issue which emerged at the weekend about disturbing activities in the Department of Finance. I refer to a story written by Daniel McConnell and Tom Lyons in the Sunday Independent-----

Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2012)

Shane Ross: -----about activities that happened in the 2005 to 2007 period.

Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2012)

Shane Ross: Even if this matter does not come under the auspices of the Department of the Taoiseach, I would like an assurance that such activities are not still going on. The Taoiseach may be familiar with the matter but for the benefit of the House I will explain it briefly. An assistant principal officer in the Department, who is also an economist, continually expressed warnings and reservations...

Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2012)

Shane Ross: This is not something I blame the Taoiseach for, but I would like to ask him this. In his view, is that conformist culture still in operation in the Department of Finance? In his own experience of a year in office has he found that there is still no room for dissent in the Department, which obviously could be to the detriment of the nation?

Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2012)

Shane Ross: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. Can he give me a personal assurance that in future the woman in question will not be, as she describes herself at the moment, sidelined, ostracised or alienated in her job? She apparently feels so at the moment because of the pressures from above. I am concerned about the fact, and I would be interested in the Taoiseach's views on this, that the...

Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2012)

Shane Ross: I hope the Taoiseach will reassure me that this is not happening and that the Department of Finance is subject to strict scrutiny. In future, this particular woman should be assured of protection not when the whistleblowers Bill goes through, but today and from now on.

Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2012)

Shane Ross: As the Taoiseach was about Deputy Michael Lowry.