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

Shane Ross: Yes. We will find out later today for sure, but I think it can do it. I will not get around to my main points, but my second story illustrates a similar issue and I will tell it quickly. I encountered an instance of someone with a dollar account. That is perfectly legal, but the currency it was most difficult and expensive to get from AIB, despite holding that dollar account was dollars....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Appointments to State Boards (10 Jul 2014)

Shane Ross: 86. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of nominees to State boards that have been appointed from overseas as envisaged at the Global Irish Economic Forum. [30333/14]

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (11 Jul 2014)

Shane Ross: I join with all other speakers in congratulating all those who have been promoted to the Cabinet or been moved to different positions in the Cabinet. It is a great pleasure for them and their families except possibly for Deputy Varadkar who has been moved from a very successful ministry into a political swamp that would intimidate anybody but I wish him well. Having congratulated everybody...

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (11 Jul 2014)

Shane Ross: I was going to pay tribute to Deputy Quinn but I will not do so now. Unfortunately, I do not have time. We should pay tribute to the former Minister for Education and Skills for the great work he has done. He will now be in a position to interrupt other speakers from that side of the House. We expect Fine Gael to resist new policies because that seems to be its business in Government but...

Disability Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (16 Jul 2014)

Shane Ross: I join with my colleagues in congratulating Deputy Finian McGrath for once again bringing a serious problem, which gets neglected so often, to Members' attention. It is a problem that gets camouflaged by the kind of lip-service that often comes from Governments in situations where they are not prepared to do as much about something as they aspire to or have promised to do. I agree with all...

Disability Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (16 Jul 2014)

Shane Ross: This is something that has not been acted upon. While there has been change, the Government has not shown any great enthusiasm, especially with regard to the attitude to those who exploited disabled people. There has been a slowing down. It should be recognised that those who suffered from the actions of the exploiters were disabled people. The Government should address the lack of any...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Sep 2014)

Shane Ross: I am sorry, Chairman, but I could not hear what was said.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Sep 2014)

Shane Ross: Sorry Chairman, I have a couple of points I wish to raise on this report, one of which is fundamental. I refer to the comment, I believe it is on page 9, where the committee states it has no problem with the principle of discretion being given to gardaí. That is glossing over the problem somewhat. While I understand the reasons for it to be there, the entire problem members are...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Sep 2014)

Shane Ross: No, it is both. The initial discretion to which the clerk referring, in which a garda stops somebody on the side of the road, is obviously also open to abuse. While I take the clerk's point about the distinction, because of the findings we have about it further down the line, members must ask the question about what is happening there as well. It is clearly open to huge abuse. If the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Sep 2014)

Shane Ross: Yes, I will put in a memorandum.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Sep 2014)

Shane Ross: Yes, thank you.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Sep 2014)

Shane Ross: I endorse what the Chairman said. We must be realistic. To say it is beyond or may not be within our remit is not helpful when we are trying to chase the loss of public money, as the consequences are way beyond the immediate implications. The point about discretion is fundamental. If members of An Garda Síochána are bent, the abuse of their powers means that they are indulging...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Public Service Reform Plan Update (30 Sep 2014)

Shane Ross: Wrong, they are political appointments.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Public Service Reform Plan Update (30 Sep 2014)

Shane Ross: Yes.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Public Service Reform Plan Update (30 Sep 2014)

Shane Ross: In answering Deputy Joe Higgins's questions the Government has failed to see the point. We cannot pass judgment on the actual criteria used yet because we have not seen them. However, the problem is fundamental and it is this what the Taoiseach should be tackling. It is the fact that since the foundation of the State, the Minister has had the ultimate responsibility and Ministers, from...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Public Service Reform Plan Update (30 Sep 2014)

Shane Ross: I do not think I am allowed to name them and it would be utterly subversive and wrong if I were to do so. For a Minister to suggest it is very wrong.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Public Service Reform Plan Update (30 Sep 2014)

Shane Ross: Will the Taoiseach, please, forget about the camouflage, the criteria and the bodies he put in the middle? Will he announce in this House that the problem has been ministerial appointments and that he intends, as a great reformer and part of a great reforming Government, to end the system whereby Ministers have the facility to appoint their friends and cronies to State bodies? Take it out...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Private Security Authority Remit (30 Sep 2014)

Shane Ross: 291. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to implement licensing for private investigators in view of the fact that the legislation currently refers to the area in very limited terms and effectively allows for anyone to advertise their services as a private investigator, potentially putting a client or a case at risk; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36889/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting of Personnel (30 Sep 2014)

Shane Ross: 306. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if guardians ad litem require Garda clearance; if not, the reason; and the person that has responsibility for the regulation of guardians ad litem, the Child and Family Agency or the court appointing the guardian. [37190/14]

Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Oct 2014)

Shane Ross: This is one of the Bills that members of the Opposition are almost compelled to welcome because the principles behind it are unarguable. The problem is whether the Bill goes far enough. We welcome the Bill because of some of its provisions but it is minimalist in its approach. Lobbyists tend to be unpopular and we tend to think of big business, the gun lobby in America, the tobacco lobby...