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Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Feb 2013)

Shane Ross: No, it is not.

Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Feb 2013)

Shane Ross: Vótail.

Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Feb 2013)

Shane Ross: No, we have not agreed.

Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Feb 2013)

Shane Ross: Many of us in this House are long enough in the Oireachtas to recall late-night sittings of this sort and late-night sittings tend to make bad law. My own memories, and the Taoiseach will remember these as well, are of the bank guarantee, when we had a late-night sitting, which had a poor result. Before that we had the Larry Goodman empire rescued by examinership, which had a poor result....

Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Feb 2013)

Shane Ross: That is the situation in which the Bill finds itself being put through the House: civil servants who cannot answer questions about the details of the Bill and a Minister who gives us so little information. To crown it all, the President is flying back from Italy in a hurry to sign the Bill later this evening. How is the stability of the State's finances threatened by this leak? The...

Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Feb 2013)

Shane Ross: In the minute I have left I will say this. We cannot vote for this Bill if we do not know the other part of the package. That is the problem with the Bill. We are being asked to vote for the liquidation of a bank in isolation when we do not know what tomorrow's part of the package will be.

Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Feb 2013)

Shane Ross: What I do know, and what I do not like about the Bill, is section 17 which hints at what we are going to get from the Minister. This is the objectionable part. It gives such wide-ranging powers to the Minister that he can introduce and issue securities for as much as 100 years, so far as I can see, although the ECB will not allow him to go that long. The Bill gives the Minister powers we...

Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Feb 2013)

Shane Ross: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Property Management Company Issues (7 Feb 2013)

Shane Ross: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will intervene to regulate property management companies and to standardise fees, particularly in Dublin, to prevent unfair or exploitative charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6385/13]

Promissory Notes Arrangement: Motion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2013)

Shane Ross: The string of Minister and Members from the Government parties coming here to pat themselves on the back and bask in the glory of what they have achieved reminds me of a chain gang of prisoners. They were sentenced two years ago to death by promissory note for wrecking or attempting to wreck the European economy. They pleaded not guilty but were found guilty. Today, they have pleaded not...

Promissory Notes Arrangement: Motion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2013)

Shane Ross: It was sticking out a mile. The Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Rabbitte, said many months ago that a deal would be achieved. It had to be because we could not pay and we probably were unwilling to pay. It was not realistic for us to pay the promissory notes over a ten-year period. The ECB and the European powers realised that and in effect this was...

Promissory Notes Arrangement: Motion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2013)

Shane Ross: He came before the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform and said something about that, but what is happening? Absolutely nothing. It is quite obvious that the Personal Insolvency Bill, which was set up to sort out that problem, is not going to sort it out. The signals coming from the Central Bank are that we have a major crisis, much bigger than that of the...

Promissory Notes Arrangement: Motion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2013)

Shane Ross: The Minister of State should tell that to the people in his constituency who are starving.

Promissory Notes Arrangement: Motion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2013)

Shane Ross: I wish to speak without interruption, if that is all right. It is lovely to hear a socialist, or former socialist, such as the Minister of State quoting The Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times with such approval. I am delighted to hear it. Indeed, the Minister of State is worshipping the Holy Grail of the markets. It is magnificent to see it, but where did he lose his way?

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Ministerial Appointments (19 Feb 2013)

Shane Ross: To ask the Taoiseach the details of all appointments made by him to all State agencies, commercial bodies and all other appointments made by him since taking office, including the State owned banks and the judiciary. [8126/13]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Ministerial Appointments (19 Feb 2013)

Shane Ross: To ask the Taoiseach the details of the qualifications of all the appointees made by him to all State agencies, commercial bodies and all other appointments made by him since taking office including the State owned banks and judiciary for the appointments they have accepted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8144/13]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Ministerial Appointments (19 Feb 2013)

Shane Ross: To ask the Taoiseach the number of appointees and the percentage of appointments made by him to all State agencies, commercial bodies and all other appointments made by him since taking office including the State owned banks and the Judiciary that were subject to a public applications process. [8162/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Appointments (19 Feb 2013)

Shane Ross: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of all appointments made by him to all State agencies, commercial bodies and all other appointments made by him since taking office, including the State owned banks and the judiciary. [8120/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Appointments (19 Feb 2013)

Shane Ross: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of the qualifications of all the appointees made by him to all State agencies, commercial bodies and all other appointments made by him since taking office including the State owned banks and judiciary for the appointments they have accepted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8138/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Appointments (19 Feb 2013)

Shane Ross: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of appointees and the percentage of appointments made by him to all State agencies, commercial bodies and all other appointments made by him since taking office including the State owned banks and the Judiciary that were subject to a public applications process.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8156/13]