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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Ministerial Appointments (19 Feb 2013)

Shane Ross: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the details of all appointments made by her to all State agencies, commercial bodies and all other appointments made by her since taking office, including the State owned banks and the judiciary. [8114/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Ministerial Appointments (19 Feb 2013)

Shane Ross: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the details of the qualifications of all the appointees made by her to all State agencies, commercial bodies and all other appointments made by her since taking office including the State owned banks and judiciary for the appointments they have accepted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8132/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Ministerial Appointments (19 Feb 2013)

Shane Ross: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of appointees and the percentage of appointments made by her to all State agencies, commercial bodies and all other appointments made by her since taking office including the State owned banks and the Judiciary that were subject to a public applications process. [8150/13]

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

Shane Ross: To ask the Minister for Health 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. [8121/13]

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

Shane Ross: To ask the Minister for Health 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. [8139/13]

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

Shane Ross: To ask the Minister for Health 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. [8157/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (19 Feb 2013)

Shane Ross: To ask the Minister for Health if he will engage with the relevant authorities to assess the potential benefits of Ampligen to M.E patients; if he will work to ensure that Ampligen is made available to M.E patients here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8174/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ministerial Appointments (19 Feb 2013)

Shane Ross: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport 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. [8127/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ministerial Appointments (19 Feb 2013)

Shane Ross: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport 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. [8145/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ministerial Appointments (19 Feb 2013)

Shane Ross: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport 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. [8163/13]

Finance Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Feb 2013)

Shane Ross: I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on this Bill, which I find to be a deeply depressing reflection of the thinking, not so much of the Government but of the Department of Finance and those who dictate their thought to them from elsewhere. It is a sort of monument to financial orthodoxy and it possibly is the most conservative Finance Bill of the past 30 or 40 years. It is completely...

Finance Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Feb 2013)

Shane Ross: The only jobs policy I have seen from the Government is to crucify the pensioners by placing a 0.6% levy on them and putting the proceeds into some sort of mythical bucket elsewhere, which will produce jobs. The Government's second jobs policy is emigration. It is a kind of unsung Government hero because emigration sorts out unemployment in a highly negative and miserable way. It is not...

Mortgage Restructuring: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Feb 2013)

Shane Ross: The recognition of this problem, which was identified by the motion from Sinn Féin this evening, has been a long time coming. It is staggering that the Government, as Deputy Tóibín stated, has allowed this problem to double in size since it took office, sitting fiddling while the mortgage fire burned. It was not only Fiona Muldoon who warned about this in November last. As...

Mortgage Restructuring: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Feb 2013)

Shane Ross: It gave us more time.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Provisions (20 Feb 2013)

Shane Ross: To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the pensions of those employees of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation that have been made redundant in recent weeks; if their pensions are still guaranteed; the effect the liquidation will have on their pensions and the contributions they have already made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9029/13]

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 7 - Audit of Revenue 2011
Chapter 8 - Revenue Outturn 2011
Chapter 9 - Revenue Debt Collection
Chapter 10 - Increasing Tax Compliance (21 Feb 2013)

Shane Ross: I would just like to elaborate on a couple of questions that Deputy Harris was asking. Would Revenue normally have an input into the property tax legislation? Would it be consulted prior to the introduction of such a tax?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 7 - Audit of Revenue 2011
Chapter 8 - Revenue Outturn 2011
Chapter 9 - Revenue Debt Collection
Chapter 10 - Increasing Tax Compliance (21 Feb 2013)

Shane Ross: What was Revenue's advice to the Minister on this?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 7 - Audit of Revenue 2011
Chapter 8 - Revenue Outturn 2011
Chapter 9 - Revenue Debt Collection
Chapter 10 - Increasing Tax Compliance (21 Feb 2013)

Shane Ross: Does Ms Feehily know why she was chosen to do this?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 7 - Audit of Revenue 2011
Chapter 8 - Revenue Outturn 2011
Chapter 9 - Revenue Debt Collection
Chapter 10 - Increasing Tax Compliance (21 Feb 2013)

Shane Ross: Has she no idea?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 7 - Audit of Revenue 2011
Chapter 8 - Revenue Outturn 2011
Chapter 9 - Revenue Debt Collection
Chapter 10 - Increasing Tax Compliance (21 Feb 2013)

Shane Ross: Yes, but the household tax obviously was enforced by someone else.