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Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Shane Ross: Mr. Goulding was the chairman.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Shane Ross: Could Mr. Goulding give us some idea of that because it is really quite a mystery?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Shane Ross: That is fine. Maybe Mr. Goulding could let us have them.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Shane Ross: That is fine. If Mr. Goulding could let us have more details that may be useful.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Shane Ross: Was the sale put out to tender?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Shane Ross: So there was some competitive bidding.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Shane Ross: Fine. I think that is all, Chairman. As far as I am concerned, it is finished.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Shane Ross: I follow what Deputy O'Donnell said about Mr. Goulding whom I have known for a long time. I thank him very much for attending. It is brave. It must have been a difficult and embarrassing time for Mr. Goulding, particularly because of his family connection with the body, to see it fall from grace in such a manner. I know he accepts some responsibility for it. The fact he attended the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Appointments to State Boards (10 Jul 2014)

Shane Ross: 3. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of appointments he has made to State boards and State agencies since his appointment; the number who have gone through an interview process; the number who have been involved in an open competition for the positions; the number of appointments that have been publicly advertised; the gross cumulative value of the fees; and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Appointments to State Boards (10 Jul 2014)

Shane Ross: The purpose of this question is to establish, in the light of recent controversies about political appointments to State bodies, whether the Government is living up to its promise that it will advertise all State board positions, that it will ensure there is free competition for these positions, that the gender basis which it set for itself is being followed and that the public can be sure...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Appointments to State Boards (10 Jul 2014)

Shane Ross: The Minister successfully blinded me with science and I got lost when he began to speak about category this and that. I will read the printed version of his reply afterwards. I take it that while some of the positions have been advertised, others have not. I am particularly interested in the reappointments. What interview process or scrutiny did the reappointees undergo? Several of them...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Appointments to State Boards (10 Jul 2014)

Shane Ross: What happened to the proposal which, I think, was accepted by the Government in respect of the large number of attendees at the global economic summit who volunteered, to great applause and approval, to work for nothing on State boards, thereby bringing an external influence to bear on State bodies and agencies? I presume this includes IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland. They would bring...

Committee of Public Accounts of Dáil Éireann (Compellability of Witnesses) Bill 2014: First Stage (10 Jul 2014)

Shane Ross: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to make further and better provision in relation to the Committee of Public Accounts of Dáil Éireann’s power to obtain evidence, including the compellability of witnesses, and to ensure the Committee has the right to examine where there is a risk to the public finances any person or body as it so sees fit, and...

Committee of Public Accounts of Dáil Éireann (Compellability of Witnesses) Bill 2014: First Stage (10 Jul 2014)

Shane Ross: On a point of order, will the Ceann Comhairle open the Committee on Procedure and Privileges to the public or to other Deputies or Senators?

Committee of Public Accounts of Dáil Éireann (Compellability of Witnesses) Bill 2014: First Stage (10 Jul 2014)

Shane Ross: The Chair dare not allow this. It is a secret and solid organisation.

Committee of Public Accounts of Dáil Éireann (Compellability of Witnesses) Bill 2014: First Stage (10 Jul 2014)

Shane Ross: It is a politburo.

Committee of Public Accounts of Dáil Éireann (Compellability of Witnesses) Bill 2014: First Stage (10 Jul 2014)

Shane Ross: On a point of order, will the Ceann Comhairle make a ruling that the meetings do not have to be held in secret?

Committee of Public Accounts of Dáil Éireann (Compellability of Witnesses) Bill 2014: First Stage (10 Jul 2014)

Shane Ross: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2014)

Shane Ross: I agree with my colleagues who stated that this corporation's necessity reflects the precarious nature of the Irish banks, not the great confidence that we are used to hearing from official sources. The Minister is well aware that the formerly largest shareholder in Bank of Ireland, once a welcome shareholder but now no friend of Ireland's, recently dumped his shares on the market. He...

Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2014)

Shane Ross: Correct. This is something on which we should reflect, particularly given the fact that the stress tests are approaching. It is no coincidence that Mr. Wilbur Ross, who is no relation, decided to sell in advance of those tests. He also left the Minister in a rather difficult situation as the largest shareholder with a declared interest in selling at some stage overhanging the market. We...