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Houses of the Oireachtas (Appointments to Certain Offices) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2015)

Shane Ross: I referred to patronage and choice; I did not say they are synonymous. The use of the word "discernment" gives the Minister a power he or she should not have. One of the great curses of political life in this country is that all parties, when they get into power, look after their own. I referred in my initial contribution to the Judiciary and the Garda, where we find more obvious examples...

Houses of the Oireachtas (Appointments to Certain Offices) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2015)

Shane Ross: I move amendment No. 2:In page 3, to delete lines 15 to 28 and substitute the following:“5. (1) The appointment of a person to be the Clerk of Dáil Éireann shall be by the Chairman of Dáil Éireann upon resolution passed by Dáil Éireann recommending the appointment of that person subject to the following:(a) the selection of a candidate for appointment as...

Houses of the Oireachtas (Appointments to Certain Offices) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2015)

Shane Ross: I move amendment No. 7:In page 3, line 31, after "Éireann" to insert "following a confined competition".

Houses of the Oireachtas (Appointments to Certain Offices) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2015)

Shane Ross: I move amendment No. 8:In page 4, line 5, after "Éireann" to insert "following a confined competition".

Houses of the Oireachtas (Appointments to Certain Offices) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2015)

Shane Ross: I move amendment No. 9:In page 4, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following: “(6) For the purposes of this section— (a) an open competition shall mean a competition whose terms with respect of the eligibility of persons to compete in it shall not be such as to limit such eligibility to persons who are civil servants, (b) a confined competition shall mean a competition...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (9 Jul 2015)

Shane Ross: 106. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider including rental income derived from AirBnB rentals under the rent-a-room relief, as opposed to it being subject to income tax, as is presently the case; if he considers there is an unfair distinction between sources of rental income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28023/15]

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2014 (9 Jul 2015)

Shane Ross: I think we need to get a statement from the chief executive, Mr. Brendan McDonagh, first.

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2014 (9 Jul 2015)

Shane Ross: Could we have approximately five minutes to read the correspondence before we go any further, or after Mr. McDonagh's statement?

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2014 (9 Jul 2015)

Shane Ross: May we have five minutes to read the papers?

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2014 (9 Jul 2015)

Shane Ross: I thank the witnesses for attending at such short notice. No one present is alleging what could be called wrongdoing in a criminal or other sense by NAMA. There is no attempt to pin that on NAMA. Anyone who has tried to do so is wrong. However, this may be the most extraordinary sequence of events in a deal that I have ever come across in a State body. Having read about the unorthodox...

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2014 (9 Jul 2015)

Shane Ross: Two.

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2014 (9 Jul 2015)

Shane Ross: Who was the underbidder?

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2014 (9 Jul 2015)

Shane Ross: What is Fortress Capital and who acted for it?

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2014 (9 Jul 2015)

Shane Ross: Did it also use Tughans?

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2014 (9 Jul 2015)

Shane Ross: Sorry?

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2014 (9 Jul 2015)

Shane Ross: Mr. McDonagh must have some idea because someone must have been dealing with its adviser.

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2014 (9 Jul 2015)

Shane Ross: Mr. McDonagh does not know who it used as its adviser.

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2014 (9 Jul 2015)

Shane Ross: But Fortress Capital was also from the US?

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2014 (9 Jul 2015)

Shane Ross: Did NAMA believe it was peculiar that both bidders, PIMCO and Cerberus, were using Tughans and Brown Rudnick?

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2014 (9 Jul 2015)

Shane Ross: For clarity, will the witnesses take us through the process? Did NAMA end up with three bidders? Lazard started with nine and NAMA ended up with three.