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Bank Bailout and EU-IMF Arrangement: Motion (Resumed) (6 Apr 2011)

Shane Ross: I cannot hear the Leas-Cheann Comhairle because he is being interrupted.

Bank Bailout and EU-IMF Arrangement: Motion (Resumed) (6 Apr 2011)

Shane Ross: I am coming to an end now. This has resonances of what happened in France during one of the referenda on Lisbon, when the former French President, Valéry Giscard d'Estaigne, said the matter was too important to be left to the French people. Referenda are not a threat to governments; they strengthen their position in appalling situations like the one we are in at the moment. We are in a...

Leaders' Questions (13 Apr 2011)

Shane Ross: The nation has been looking to the Taoiseach to reverse some of the malpractices put into effect by the Fianna Fáil Deputies sitting in front of me. In response to a question from the Leader of the Opposition, the Taoiseach stated that for legal reasons he is unable to reverse the orgy of State appointments made by the previous Government as it left office. That is not good enough. These...

Leaders' Questions (13 Apr 2011)

Shane Ross: -----that the proposed solution to this problem was not just the advertising of these posts, which appeared to be cosmetic, but to interview the chairmen of various semi-State bodies in front of an Oireachtas committee. The problem is that the applicants can be utterly ignored by the Minister in charge, who can pick one of his or her pals just as Fianna Fáil did in the past.

Leaders' Questions (13 Apr 2011)

Shane Ross: We do not want that to happen.

Leaders' Questions (13 Apr 2011)

Shane Ross: The background is important in terms of cronyism. Can the Taoiseach confirm that we will continue to have a system of political appointments dressed up with some sort of popular input?

Leaders' Questions (13 Apr 2011)

Shane Ross: It appears committees will have absolutely no powers of veto; therefore, the power of appointment will rest with the politician, the Minister in charge, and that political appointments will survive under this veneer. May I ask the Taoiseach a second question? This is very important in the light of what has happened.

Leaders' Questions (13 Apr 2011)

Shane Ross: How will this rest when appointments are being made to the banks because the last Government typically appointed its cronies and pals, ex-Fianna Fáil Ministers and others to the boards of banks, on which there are vacancies? Will the people concerrned have to appear before Oireachtas committees also to be interviewed and asked questions to see if they are competent and not just political hacks?

European Council: Statements (13 Apr 2011)

Shane Ross: Hear, hear.

European Council: Statements (13 Apr 2011)

Shane Ross: I welcome the tone of the contribution from my colleague, Deputy Healy. He unapologetically introduced the word "default" into the debate. It is time this option was put centre stage in Europe as well as this Chamber. Ministers are fond of claiming, correctly, that our standing in Europe has never been lower. Their political intent is to blame the previous Government. They are also right...

Public Transport (20 Apr 2011)

Shane Ross: Question 25: To ask the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport if he will launch a full investigation into malpractices in CIE following the Baker Tilly Report on Iarnród Éireann; his views that the CIE non-executive directors refused to attend meetings of the Joint Oireachtas Transport Committee in the 30th Dáil and if he will instruct them to do so; if he will provide a full...

Public Transport (20 Apr 2011)

Shane Ross: I thank the Minister for his reply, which is most helpful in some ways. In the first instance, he specifically stated that he will, in effect, compel non-executive board members to appear before Oireachtas committees. Such compulsion was noticeably lacking in the past. The Minister's predecessor supported the decision of the non-executive board to decline to appear before the then Joint...

Public Transport (20 Apr 2011)

Shane Ross: Why did the auditors never discover such fraud or malpractice in the past?

Public Transport (20 Apr 2011)

Shane Ross: If they did not discover it in the past, they are not going to reveal it now.

Commission of Inquiry into Banking Sector: Statements (20 Apr 2011)

Shane Ross: With the permission of the House, I wish to share time with Deputies Richard Boyd Barrett, Clare Daly and Thomas Pringle.

Commission of Inquiry into Banking Sector: Statements (20 Apr 2011)

Shane Ross: This report, in its essence, produces nothing new. There is no news in it and no new figures. Indeed, there are no new characters to blame in it, and no institutions. Mr. Nyberg spreads the blame in an even-handed way, which has prompted a large number of people to suggest that this was deliberate and that the report is a whitewash. I do not believe that but it is ineffective in its...

Written Answers — Airport Development Projects: Airport Development Projects (20 Apr 2011)

Shane Ross: Question 172: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the commercial success or failure of Terminal Two at Dublin Airport; in view of its performance to date, his plans to reduce the remuneration of the DAA chief executive (details supplied). [8846/11]

Appointments to State Boards (3 May 2011)

Shane Ross: What the Taoiseach spelled out in respect of his plans leaves one suspicious that the holes that are so apparent in it were dug by him and his Ministers. Given that the advertisements to which he refers and the recommendations and operations of the joint committee can be completely ignored by a Minister making an appointment, what is to stop Ministers who do not possess scruples or integrity...

Appointments to State Boards (3 May 2011)

Shane Ross: Could they nominate one of their friends?

Appointments to State Boards (3 May 2011)

Shane Ross: I will give the Taoiseach their names again if he likes.