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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Semi-State Bodies Remuneration (28 Jun 2017)

Shane Ross: If those rules do not work-----

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Semi-State Bodies Remuneration (28 Jun 2017)

Shane Ross: If they are contested for some reason, although I cannot see why they should be because these are single fixed term contracts, not three and four as we had before, I will seriously consider changing the Act.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Semi-State Bodies Remuneration (28 Jun 2017)

Shane Ross: I want to see whether this works or not. I will personally monitor those and report back to the Deputy. If she sees any sign of this happening she can flag it to me.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Olympic Council of Ireland (28 Jun 2017)

Shane Ross: That is a very fair question from Deputy Troy. I can only say I am as impatient as he is to see and publish it. Judge Moran presented his report to officials of my Department  on Monday, 1 2 June 2017. For reasons, which I will now outline to the Deputy, neither I nor Ministers of State O'Donovan and Griffin have yet seen Judge Moran's report. On...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Olympic Council of Ireland (28 Jun 2017)

Shane Ross: Deputy Troy is quite right I am in a position to publish the report if I wish to and if I thought it was wise. I think it would be extraordinarily foolish in light of what the Deputy has already heard to publish this report having referred it to the Attorney General. It is absolutely incumbent on me to seek the advice of the Attorney General when we receive correspondence of that sort. It...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Olympic Council of Ireland (28 Jun 2017)

Shane Ross: Not to the best of my knowledge. I think we are expecting a communication from Brazil in the next day or two. I do not think we have received anything of that sort at all.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: European Fund for Strategic Investments (28 Jun 2017)

Shane Ross: The Deputy is correct about the deficit. We would like to have an enormous amount of additional money for infrastructure. That is absolutely true. We are exploring and have sent out many signs to Europe that we are interested. We have drawn down from the EIB more than €523 million in transport financing in Ireland in the 2014-2017 period. This includes €143 million for the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: European Fund for Strategic Investments (28 Jun 2017)

Shane Ross: I spelled out some figures on projects which have been successfully drawn down. The Deputy must realise that all borrowing must comply with Government borrowing procedures and in turn the State must comply with the EU fiscal rules. There has been a great deal of interaction with the EFSI, as I explained in my earlier reply. In 2015 the Department arranged, as part of an event, for a number...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: European Fund for Strategic Investments (28 Jun 2017)

Shane Ross: I am not going to publish it in the next fortnight but I will consider publishing it shortly.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: European Fund for Strategic Investments (28 Jun 2017)

Shane Ross: I will do that.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Semi-State Bodies Remuneration (28 Jun 2017)

Shane Ross: ​ I thank Deputy Munster for this question, which was due for a run at the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach recently but which for legal reasons was not. I am happy to answer as far as I can here and hope the reply will be full and adequate. The remuneration of chief executive officers of commercial State bodies had historically come within...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: European Fund for Strategic Investments (28 Jun 2017)

Shane Ross: I join the Deputy in publicly congratulating Deputy Griffin on joining me at the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport. I am delighted at his appointment. I also thank Deputy Patrick O'Donovan for the work he did in the Department and congratulate him on his new role. The European Fund for Strategic Investments is one of a number of European Investment Bank, EIB, and...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Jun 2017)

Shane Ross: They are included in the process under the Bill.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Jun 2017)

Shane Ross: Deputy O'Brien is correct. They are already included in the Bill. There was no amendment to the Bill to provide for that: they were already included. They will sit on the two committees when a candidate is being selected for the Circuit Court and for the District Court. Their expertise will be used in that process. This was provided for in a deliberate response to the judges who said...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Jun 2017)

Shane Ross: I thank all those who contributed to the debate yesterday. In particular, I thank those who supported the Bill: Deputy Mattie McGrath; the Sinn Féin spokesman, Deputy Jonathan O'Brien; Deputy Catherine Murphy of the Social Democrats; and others, but I welcome all of the contributions to what is an extraordinarily important debate. If I have been taught anything in dealing with this...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (28 Jun 2017)

Shane Ross: As Minister for Transport, Tourism & Sport, I have responsibility for overall policy and funding in relation to the national roads programme.  Within its annual budget the planning, design and implementation of individual road projects (such as the N2) is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) under the Roads Acts 1993-2015 in conjunction with the local authorities...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Brexit Negotiations (28 Jun 2017)

Shane Ross: ​Aviation services between the UK and Ireland and within the EU operate within the EU Single Aviation Market. When the UK leaves the EU, an alternative aviation agreement between the UK and the remaining 27 EU Member States will be required.  I have had a number of meetings with my EU counterparts, UK counterparts and the European Commissioner on Brexit, most...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Initiatives (28 Jun 2017)

Shane Ross: ​The Deputy is aware that I am committed to a dialogue with all public transport stakeholders in order to advance the commitment in the Programme for a Partnership Government to start a review of public transport policy. I believe that this broad dialogue will allow for all stakeholders, including trade unions, a chance to inform the development of public transport policy in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services Provision (28 Jun 2017)

Shane Ross: I propose to take Questions Nos. 36 and 46 together. As the Deputy is aware, the National Transport Authority (NTA) held a public consultation process to start a national debate on the current and future role of rail transport in Ireland. The public consultation process was launched with the publication of a Rail Review 2016 Report,which examined the funding required to support the heavy...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Improvement Schemes (28 Jun 2017)

Shane Ross: ​The improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads is the statutory responsibility of the relevant local authority, in accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of the Roads Act 1993. Works on those roads are funded from local authorities' own resources supplemented by State road grants.  The initial selection and prioritisation of works to be funded is also a...