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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: Surely it is not per station. Does Mr. Waters mean per annum?

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: Nobody has argued that all 139 stations should have been kept open. Part of the problem, however, is that this was portrayed as being about saving money. To come up with a figure of €549,000, which some people reduced to €300,000, is-----

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 is fine.

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, it has not saved any money. The per annum figure is very small in proportion to the overall budget. It seems strange that anybody should describe what we have now as a policing model that is working. Certainly, the incidence of burglaries indicates it has failed in certain areas. I will concede part of the point here to Mr. Waters but not the main part of it. The Central...

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: We have the figure of €549,000. Let us use it as a hook.

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: Stepaside station still has a security person in it, which is costing the State money.

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 is correct. It has not been sold.

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 thank Mr. Waters.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Services Provision (5 Nov 2015)

Shane Ross: 120. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs that have been created to date as a result of the Irish Design 2015 campaign; the costs associated with the campaign to date; if he will outline what, if any, tendering process was in place for contracts granted for Irish Design 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38843/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Hospital Services (5 Nov 2015)

Shane Ross: 135. To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 356 of 20 October 2015, when exactly, and by whom, the decision was made to downgrade Saint Bricin's Military Hospital to a military medical facility; if this decision was communicated to the Defence Forces representative associations and to the Houses of the Oireachtas; the reason Saint Bricin's is listed as the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Aftercare Services (5 Nov 2015)

Shane Ross: 166. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will explain the recent decision by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, to impose effective cuts of €50 per week to the fostering aftercare allowance, with an apparent lack of regard for the impact this cut will have on those in aftercare, and on the families trying to support them; if viability studies were undertaken to...

Social Welfare Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2015)

Shane Ross: I wish to speak briefly about the Bill. I was trying to find any philosophy behind the Government's distribution of money in social welfare payments, but it did not take me very long to work it out. It was, quite simply, that the Government had decided it had a certain amount of money to distribute - it found an awful lot of money in a hurry recently - and it decided it would distribute it...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (4 Nov 2015)

Shane Ross: 229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the the chronic lack of places for students within the autistic spectrum disorder in special classes attached to mainstream secondary schools contrary to section 2 of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004; if she will consider directing schools to set up autism spectrum...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Water Fluoridation (3 Nov 2015)

Shane Ross: 760. To ask the Minister for Health if he has concerns regarding the methodology undertaken by the Health Research Board earlier in 2015, when reviewing the effects of the fluoridation of water, particularly the board's failure to assess the cumulative exposure for the population to fluoride consumption from not only water fluoridation, but also from the consumption of food, beverage, and...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Properties (20 Oct 2015)

Shane Ross: 356. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to close Saint Bricin's Military Hospital in Dublin 7; if so, the timeframe for the closure; in the event of closure, if the Government is committed to building a purpose-built military hospital in another location; if it is not to close, if the Government will ensure that it is included in the upcoming legislation from the Department of Health...

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Tréimhse Shocraithe le haghaidh Ré Dháil Éireann) 2015: An Chéad Chéim - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Fixed Period for the Duration of Dáil Éireann) Bill 2015: First Stage (14 Oct 2015)

Shane Ross: It also means-----

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Tréimhse Shocraithe le haghaidh Ré Dháil Éireann) 2015: An Chéad Chéim - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Fixed Period for the Duration of Dáil Éireann) Bill 2015: First Stage (14 Oct 2015)

Shane Ross: It was those Fine Gael Deputies who last week were calling for a general election.

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Tréimhse Shocraithe le haghaidh Ré Dháil Éireann) 2015: An Chéad Chéim - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Fixed Period for the Duration of Dáil Éireann) Bill 2015: First Stage (14 Oct 2015)

Shane Ross: They were the ones who were so disappointed with what the Taoiseach did last week. They are the ones who are cheering him so loudly today.

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Tréimhse Shocraithe le haghaidh Ré Dháil Éireann) 2015: An Chéad Chéim - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Fixed Period for the Duration of Dáil Éireann) Bill 2015: First Stage (14 Oct 2015)

Shane Ross: If the Taoiseach had been able to make up his mind on what day he would call the general election, they would not have been sitting there last week kicking up about it. The Labour Party contributed to this unseemly decision which was taken in the face of a media frenzy that the Taoiseach was conjuring up.

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Tréimhse Shocraithe le haghaidh Ré Dháil Éireann) 2015: An Chéad Chéim - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Fixed Period for the Duration of Dáil Éireann) Bill 2015: First Stage (14 Oct 2015)

Shane Ross: It encouraged it and-----