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- Confidence in Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Jan 2016)
Shane Ross: I have read them and there is no qualification whatever in it. The Tánaiste might raise her eyes to heaven. The qualifications arose when the final document was produced but the first document and its preface did not indicate we would have the old system of political appointments shoved in there by stealth. All we are asking on this side of the House is that Mr. Begg, for all his...
- Confidence in Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Jan 2016)
Shane Ross: He has it because he is a supporter of the Labour Party.
- Confidence in Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Jan 2016)
Shane Ross: The Tánaiste described him as such.
- Confidence in Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Jan 2016)
Shane Ross: She said he was a supporter of the Labour Party, which is why he gets that divine right.
- Confidence in Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Jan 2016)
Shane Ross: They are the Tánaiste's own words. She said he was a supporter of the Labour Party.
- Confidence in Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Jan 2016)
Shane Ross: At his retirement function, her words were that he was a supporter of the Labour Party and a supporter of the labour movement.
- Confidence in Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Jan 2016)
Shane Ross: We have been speaking about him.
- Confidence in Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Jan 2016)
Shane Ross: I take your point, which is perfectly fair. The appointee was described outside this House by the Tánaiste as a supporter of the Labour Party.
- Confidence in Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Jan 2016)
Shane Ross: No, the Labour Party and labour movement. On another occasion, the Tánaiste described him as a supporter of the labour movement but she also described him as a supporter of the Labour Party.
- Confidence in Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Jan 2016)
Shane Ross: She cannot get away with that. It is important as this particular model, which camouflaged everything so well, was constructed deliberately with a great gaping hole in the middle. It negates all the other clauses that were put into the document, as a Minister, despite all the jargon, can still pick and choose whomever he or she wants. These guidelines have become a vehicle for cronyism....
- Confidence in Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Jan 2016)
Shane Ross: That is nonsense.
- Confidence in Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Jan 2016)
Shane Ross: It is complete nonsense. Withdraw the remark.
- Confidence in Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Jan 2016)
Shane Ross: I never suggested that Mr. FitzPatrick should be on a board at any stage.
- Confidence in Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Jan 2016)
Shane Ross: I never said that.
- Confidence in Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Jan 2016)
Shane Ross: Before I forget, I would like to deal with the statement made by the Minister of State. I do not know what she is referring to in regard to pensioners. I was one of the people in this House who represented the deferred pensioners of Aer Lingus and the DAA in this House in regard to the conditions the Minister and the Government so ruthlessly imposed on them. I do not know to what she was...
- Confidence in Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Jan 2016)
Shane Ross: The reason I have done that is because of the cronyism of the Government and the criticism of other governments. I have done so because I do not believe the way these jobs are being filled currently is right. I do not ever wish the appointments boards to bypass proper process. What I have done is suggest names as alternatives to the cronyism and I will continue to do that, because that is...
- Confidence in Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Jan 2016)
Shane Ross: Oh my God.
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (20 Jan 2016)
Shane Ross: 111. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí operating from Ronanstown, Clondalkin, Lucan, Ballyfermot and Tallaght Garda stations in County Dublin in each year since 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2403/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (20 Jan 2016)
Shane Ross: 117. To ask the Minister for Health if the Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown area has the highest elderly population in the country; if this is reflected in the availability of eligible home care providers under the home care package scheme for the area; if he is aware of home care providers being unable to provide carers with the requisite skill to elderly persons in this area due to lack of...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Consent (20 Jan 2016)
Shane Ross: 122. To ask the Minister for Health the legal situation regarding disputes over next of kin rights in public and private hospitals; the rights of siblings in terms of consultation regarding care of an incapacitated parent; if medical staff always have a final say as to whether an ill person who is not of sound mind is better cared for within a hospital setting or in a family home; and if he...