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Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Remuneration (17 Nov 2015)

Shane Ross: 405. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reverse the cuts to the hourly rate of pay for nursing and midwife interns, and to implement a minimum wage hourly rate; his views that further steps need to be made to encourage and support nursing and midwifery graduates to stay here upon completion of their training; that treatment as interns is linked to the current shortage of nurses; and...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee. (12 Nov 2015)

Shane Ross: If we are writing, we should ask some very specific questions of the Department. What motivated the official to do this? Did anyone, either political, internal within the Department or a member of the Judiciary, approach him in any way to apologise? It is important to know how these things work.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee. (12 Nov 2015)

Shane Ross: Could the Comptroller and Auditor General clarify that?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Disability Support Services Provision (12 Nov 2015)

Shane Ross: 131. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the process undertaken by the National Disability Authority for the provision of the employer helpline service, as recommended by the comprehensive employment strategy for people with disabilities; when this helpline service will be operational; the organisation that will be responsible for its provision; and if she will make a statement on...

Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2015)

Shane Ross: Hear, hear.

Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin
(5 Nov 2015)

Shane Ross: Chairman, I, too, would like to put some questions to Mr. Waters.

Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin
(5 Nov 2015)

Shane Ross: Why did Mr. Waters not apply for the job?

Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin
(5 Nov 2015)

Shane Ross: How many applicants were there for the post?

Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin
(5 Nov 2015)

Shane Ross: Is that actual applications?

Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin
(5 Nov 2015)

Shane Ross: Was it the case, then, that nobody who applied was suitable for the job, in the view of those who were making the selection?

Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin
(5 Nov 2015)

Shane Ross: Does it tell us something about the Department of Justice and Equality that no suitable person wants the top job there?

Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin
(5 Nov 2015)

Shane Ross: What is the pay for the top job?

Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin
(5 Nov 2015)

Shane Ross: I want to give Mr. Waters an out here. Will it be a political decision by the Minister when new applications are considered and the process is restarted?

Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin
(5 Nov 2015)

Shane Ross: However, since the Minister has not given the all-clear for a new process, are we looking at there being a vacancy for the foreseeable future?

Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin
(5 Nov 2015)

Shane Ross: Will Mr. Waters apply for the role in the next round?

Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin
(5 Nov 2015)

Shane Ross: Has anybody from outside the Department or the Civil Service shown any interest in the Secretary General position?

Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin
(5 Nov 2015)

Shane Ross: I am sure Mr. Waters is doing a very good job, but is it not a little staggering that one of the most important positions in the Civil Service cannot be filled for over a year?

Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin
(5 Nov 2015)

Shane Ross: It is political control in the Department of Justice and Equality.

Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin
(5 Nov 2015)

Shane Ross: Politicians are conniving with a vacancy which suits them. I think, honestly, Mr. Waters is probably doing a very good job. However, the manoeuvrings behind the scene are utterly unacceptable.

Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin
(5 Nov 2015)

Shane Ross: That should be filled as well.

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