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Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2012)

Shane Ross: The time for that was when the furnace was burning not now when the Taoiseach is trying to extract some oxygen from the ashes. Why can the Taoiseach not go back to the troika which is demanding a property tax, and with whom it has agreement, and tell it about the report last week from the IMF? The Taoiseach will have read it. The IMF said that growth rates in this country will be down by...

Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2012)

Shane Ross: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. The Taoiseach said that any comment on this was speculative. Does that include his own statement that it would raise €500 million, which he is on record as saying?

Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2012)

Shane Ross: Does that include the fact that the Minister for Finance has already said that it would not be 0.5%?

Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2012)

Shane Ross: Does that include other statements from members of the Government about it coming in? What is happening here is a softening up process.

Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2012)

Shane Ross: The Government is leaking stuff to the press left, right and centre. It is appearing all the time. It is making statements on the record as well-----

Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2012)

Shane Ross: -----to soften people up and then saying-----

Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2012)

Shane Ross: -----that this is speculative. What is happening here is that the middle classes and the lower paid are being prepared for another blow which they cannot pay. Would the Taoiseach therefore give some comfort to those in negative equity that they will not have to pay property tax? Will he give some comfort to house owners in Dublin that they will not have to pay a disproportionate amount...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Regulation (18 Sep 2012)

Shane Ross: To ask the Minister for Finance if the State has ruled out compensating investors who have lost savings and pension contributions in the Customs House Capital debacle; if the State acknowledges a responsibility in this affair due to lack of adequate regulation by the Central Bank of Ireland; if it is open to any citizen to take an action against the Central Bank for negligence under any...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Property Services Regulation (20 Sep 2012)

Shane Ross: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the new regulations that have been brought in to ensure that auctioneers are operating within transparent and accountable guidelines; his plans now or in the future to regulate the property industry from a purchaser perspective; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39722/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (20 Sep 2012)

Shane Ross: To ask the Minister for Health if he will direct the Health Service Executive to reconsider the recent initiative to which saw up to 16,000 medical card holders who have coeliac disease no longer able to use their cards to buy gluten-free products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39721/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Services for People with Disabilities (25 Sep 2012)

Shane Ross: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to have Irish sign language recognised as an official language here; if not, the reason for same, when it is so widely used here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40081/12]

Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2012)

Shane Ross: I wonder if the House or the Government understands the seriousness of this statement last night and why it was issued. It seems that the three most powerful economic countries in Europe, which did not have to issue this statement, quite simply decided to send a message to Ireland and Spain that past debt - the Taoiseach appears to be talking about the future - of the type mentioned will not...

Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2012)

Shane Ross: -----of getting the money that he hoped for as a result of the June communiqué? The statement is important because it tells us what the relationship is between Ireland and Europe. This statement says that the policy, in particular that pursued in June, has failed but the policy in general is now under question. This particular statement was a statement which was unfriendly and...

Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2012)

Shane Ross: I wonder if the House or the Government understands the seriousness of this statement last night and why it was issued. It seems that the three most powerful economic countries in Europe, which did not have to issue this statement, quite simply decided to send a message to Ireland and Spain that past debt - the Taoiseach appears to be talking about the future - of the type mentioned will not...

Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2012)

Shane Ross: -----of getting the money that he hoped for as a result of the June communiqué? The statement is important because it tells us what the relationship is between Ireland and Europe. This statement says that the policy, in particular that pursued in June, has failed but the policy in general is now under question. This particular statement was a statement which was unfriendly and...

Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2012)

Shane Ross: I thank the Taoiseach for the straight reply. It is most unfortunate that the Taoiseach did not get knowledge in advance because Ireland and Spain, in particular, are the two nations most affected by it. It seems that is symptomatic of the way Ireland is now treated in Europe, as the good poster boy who gets nothing in return. The least we could have got was that knowledge. We are getting...

Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2012)

Shane Ross: I ask the Taoiseach to comment on it and respond to what Deputy Mary Lou McDonald said and tell us if he agrees with the farcical statement from the Department of Finance that it welcomes the statement made elsewhere in Europe. That is utter nonsense and if it is the case, someone should be fired from the Department immediately. This is the most damaging statement on Ireland to come from...

Order of Business (26 Sep 2012)

Shane Ross: On the issue of promised legislation, a justice and equality courts Bill is due to be published. Does the Taoiseach intend to introduce that Bill in this session? In view of the fact that Mr. Justice Peter Kelly said yesterday that many judges who were better qualified had been passed over for reasons to do with political preference, does the Taoiseach intend to include provision for the...

Order of Business (26 Sep 2012)

Shane Ross: What about the evidence?

Order of Business (26 Sep 2012)

Shane Ross: The board-----