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Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)

Shane Ross: There are other items of expenditure as well such as the Deloitte reports. How much did these come to?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)

Shane Ross: How much other expenditure has the institute incurred in pursuing the chief executive?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)

Shane Ross: It is a very expensive process.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)

Shane Ross: It is also taking up much of the time of the president and those involved in the institute.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)

Shane Ross: It is a massive operation in pursuit of a comparatively small amount of money.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)

Shane Ross: Yes, but I am referring to the former president’s case. Is it correct the maximum the institute can recoup in that case is €120,000?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge Application (15 Oct 2013)

Shane Ross: 16. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Dublin is subject to the Universal Social Charge on their streamed severance pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43676/13]

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Financial Resolution No. 8: General (Resumed) (16 Oct 2013)

Shane Ross: It would be very churlish of those of us on the Opposition benches not to recognise that some elements of the budget should be approved and applauded or not to admit that we recognise the difficult situation in which the Government has found itself in the past three or four years or that it is working within certain constraints. While we disagree with regard to some of those constraints, the...

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Financial Resolution No. 8: General (Resumed) (16 Oct 2013)

Shane Ross: That is correct, but it is a breach of the pledge to pensioners and members of pension funds. It is not necessary to go back to this pot to deprive people of their savings, scare them in this way and break solemn promises made in the House. If money is to be taken from the pensions industry, the answer is to take it from the fund managers and those taking out enormous sums for putting in an...

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Financial Resolution No. 8: General (Resumed) (16 Oct 2013)

Shane Ross: Fortunately.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Loan Scheme (22 Oct 2013)

Shane Ross: 180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to initiate a student loan scheme for those third level students who do not qualify for a maintenance grant but who take out loans to fund their studies, in order to ensure that these students' educations are not put in jeopardy by inflexible loan terms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44284/13]

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (23 Oct 2013)

Shane Ross: If Angela Merkel was reading the Taoiseach's speech, or got of a copy of it early, she would be a pretty happy Chancellor. The speech that was delivered here today is a confirmation that the Irish Government has been sucked into a swamp of complacency every time its representatives go to Europe. It is a great pity the Taoiseach delivered a speech which, as the leader of the Fianna Fáil...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (23 Oct 2013)

Shane Ross: I assume he was referring to the 29 June pledge that he brought back to this House. Does it mean that he is now acknowledging that it is not only delayed but will not be implemented?

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (23 Oct 2013)

Shane Ross: That is the demand of those currently negotiating with Mrs. Merkel to form a government. What we want is a message from him, or whoever replies on his behalf if he is not here, and I thank him for staying to hear my speech, that we will not accept any negotiation that threatens Ireland's corporate tax, recapitalisation and credit line. We will not pay any such price that is demanded and...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (23 Oct 2013)

Shane Ross: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting of Personnel (23 Oct 2013)

Shane Ross: 184. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will clarify the requirements for Garda vetting for Irish citizens who have travelled and worked overseas for a number of years; if it is true that if they wish to apply for job for which vetting is a requirement, if they have been abroad for more than two years then they must be back in permanent residence in Ireland for five years...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2013)

Shane Ross: I have sympathy with the members of the Government who have been posed with the problems so eloquently described by Deputy Durkan, but I would have more sympathy if they tackled them in a different way. I have problems with the Bill, first with its presentation and, second, with the way the members of the Government attack the cuts that they inevitably feel they must make. The House will...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2013)

Shane Ross: Hear, hear.

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Ceapacháin Bhreithiúnacha) 2013: First Stage - Thirty-Fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Judicial Appointments) Bill 2013: First Stage (5 Nov 2013)

Shane Ross: Tairgim:Go gceadófar go dtabharfar isteach Bille dá ngairtear Acht chun an Bunreacht a leasú.I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Constitution.The main thrust of the Bill is to make the nomination for judicial appointments process more transparent, accountable and merit-based. That means removing the Government's role under the...

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Ceapacháin Bhreithiúnacha) 2013: First Stage - Thirty-Fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Judicial Appointments) Bill 2013: First Stage (5 Nov 2013)

Shane Ross: Tairgim: "Go dtógfar an Bille in am Comhaltaí Príobháideacha."I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."