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Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts and Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 6 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Financial Outturn for 2011
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 3 - Banking and Insurance Measures
Chapter 5 - EU Financial Transactions (7 Mar 2013)

Shane Ross: It was KPMG.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts and Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 6 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Financial Outturn for 2011
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 3 - Banking and Insurance Measures
Chapter 5 - EU Financial Transactions (7 Mar 2013)

Shane Ross: I noticed that and I am sure Mr. Moran claimed the credit for it.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts and Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 6 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Financial Outturn for 2011
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 3 - Banking and Insurance Measures
Chapter 5 - EU Financial Transactions (7 Mar 2013)

Shane Ross: It is an interesting point that very soon after that, AIB put it out to tender, for which I congratulate Mr. Moran as it was a great development. KPMG suddenly turned up as the special liquidator for IBRC. How did that happen?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts and Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 6 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Financial Outturn for 2011
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 3 - Banking and Insurance Measures
Chapter 5 - EU Financial Transactions (7 Mar 2013)

Shane Ross: Sorry, I was not here as there was a vote.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts and Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 6 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Financial Outturn for 2011
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 3 - Banking and Insurance Measures
Chapter 5 - EU Financial Transactions (7 Mar 2013)

Shane Ross: I half understand what Mr. Moran is saying. I do not fully understand it. Did not the record of KPMG, having been auditors to Irish Nationwide from 2006 to 2011 and auditors to AIB during the same period when the books were questionable to say the least, not make the Department say "hey, we might go and use another firm, these guys are flawed"? KPMG has been fined huge sums of money by...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts and Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 6 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Financial Outturn for 2011
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 3 - Banking and Insurance Measures
Chapter 5 - EU Financial Transactions (7 Mar 2013)

Shane Ross: I accept that and I know the Department has a problem but this is a company with a deplorable record, particularly with the banks. It is a company that let the AIB accounts through and let the Irish Nationwide accounts through with full approval of all those extraordinary valuations it had. It then becomes the liquidator of IBRC. Does Ms Nolan not see the problem an outsider has with...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts and Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 6 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Financial Outturn for 2011
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 3 - Banking and Insurance Measures
Chapter 5 - EU Financial Transactions (7 Mar 2013)

Shane Ross: I presume it was on the Department's advice?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts and Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 6 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Financial Outturn for 2011
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 3 - Banking and Insurance Measures
Chapter 5 - EU Financial Transactions (7 Mar 2013)

Shane Ross: Does the Chairman wish me to finish?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts and Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 6 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Financial Outturn for 2011
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 3 - Banking and Insurance Measures
Chapter 5 - EU Financial Transactions (7 Mar 2013)

Shane Ross: That is fine. I might come back later.

European Council: Statements (13 Mar 2013)

Shane Ross: I was in the City of London on Monday, where I met a number of prominent city people who asked me if I had come over with the Taoiseach who was in the Mansion House. They were not aware of the niceties of Irish politics. I told them I had not been invited to accompany the Taoiseach because I was not part of that cabal - I did not use that word. The Taoiseach will be interested to hear that...

Order of Business (14 Mar 2013)

Shane Ross: As a black Protestant, I would hate to be left out of welcoming the Pope and wishing him well. I welcome him on behalf of everyone on these benches also. Has the new Pope been invited to Ireland yet? Perhaps when the Minister is over in Rome on Tuesday, he will get the invitation in early. On the issue of legislation, was the Secretary General of the Department of Finance correct last...

Order of Business (14 Mar 2013)

Shane Ross: Or Sodom and Gomorrah.

Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (20 Mar 2013)

Shane Ross: I join in congratulating Deputy Finian McGrath for once again bringing to our notice the plight of people with disabilities, the continuous neglect of them by Government and its willingness to inflict cutbacks on them. I was struck by Deputy Murphy's reference to the figure of €20 million in the context of the cutback in this area. The disproportionate chaos and misery caused by...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (20 Mar 2013)

Shane Ross: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will detail the number of persons in each year from 2000 to date in 2013 who applied for a visitor, student or business visa, by visa type who were already in possession of a valid Schengen visa, and by nationality if available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13809/13]

Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages: State Banking Sector (26 Mar 2013)

Shane Ross: To ask the Minister for Finance the way he intends to cast his votes representing 15% of the shared capital, on behalf of the taxpayer, on each resolution individually due for decision at the Bank of Ireland AGM on 24 April; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14977/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Bank Deposits Levy (26 Mar 2013)

Shane Ross: To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the statement by his Department welcoming the Cypriot bailout, if he will outline the elements he welcomes and if it includes the levy on small depositors; the arguments he put forward against the levy on small depositors at the meeing; the discussions, if any, that have been held with the Troika on such a levy here, now or in the past; if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Banking Sector (26 Mar 2013)

Shane Ross: To ask the Minister for Finance the way he intends to cast his votes representing 15% of the shared capital, on behalf of the taxpayer, on each resolution individually due for decision at the Bank of Ireland AGM on 24 April; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14977/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Agencies Board Remuneration (26 Mar 2013)

Shane Ross: To ask the Minister for Finance the total cost to the taxpayer of paying the aggregate fees, salaries and any other remuneration to directors of all State bodies, to include majority State owned banks, all public interest directors, all semi-State bodies, all State agencies and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15077/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Properties (26 Mar 2013)

Shane Ross: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total value of all properties owned by FÁS/Solas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14896/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Properties (26 Mar 2013)

Shane Ross: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total value of all properties and land owned by FÁS/ Solas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15079/13]