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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (22 Sep 2015)

Shane Ross: 318. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to provide relief in the next budget to current homeowners in negative equity who are in receipt of rental income for their sole property, but also pay rental income themselves; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31010/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Application (22 Sep 2015)

Shane Ross: 325. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 106 of 9 July 2015, if the Revenue Commissioners have the legal remit to interpret the rent-a-room relief, governed by section 216A of the Taxes Consolidation Act, 1997 to exclude those whose rental income is derived through the use of Airbnb; if he considers this is sufficiently important for the many Airbnb hosts to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications Fees (22 Sep 2015)

Shane Ross: 1169. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to amend the existing available passport options for persons over 75 years of age in order to allow them purchase and pay for three or five year passports, rather than ten year passports only; his views that it is fair to require those in receipt of a pension to purchase the ten year passport when they only wish to purchase it...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Costs (22 Sep 2015)

Shane Ross: 1234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to introduce legislation governing service charges imposed by secondary schools on students and their families at the commencement of the school year; if she is aware of the massive divergence of service charges amongst non-fee paying schools within the same area; the efforts that are being made to unify them; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Exemptions (22 Sep 2015)

Shane Ross: 1428. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware that under the Non-Use of Motor Vehicles Act 2013, three months’ notice is required for any person who will be taking their vehicle off the road, even if it is for unforeseeable medical purposes, such as epilepsy; the proposals for exemption on medical grounds that were made by the Motor Tax Office...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Compliance (22 Sep 2015)

Shane Ross: 1465. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide funds available to complete a safety assessment of the remaining houses in the fire-stricken Millfield Estate, Newbridge, County Kildare; and if he will provide grant aid for remedial work that may be deemed necessary in order that householders may be secure and safe in their homes. [31670/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Pollution (22 Sep 2015)

Shane Ross: 1466. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if Irish Water will require home owners to undertake expensive upgrades to their water pipes where lead connections have been uncovered; if he can make an undertaking that such upgrades will not become mandatory for home owners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31681/15]

Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)

Shane Ross: Peter has had enough.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland (16 Jul 2015)

Shane Ross: 282. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the standard procedure of Enterprise Ireland for investigating claims of fraud, wherein State funds have been invested and lost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29871/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland (16 Jul 2015)

Shane Ross: 283. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if Enterprise Ireland has undertaken an investigation into claims of fraud at a limited liability Irish company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29872/15]

Northern Ireland: Statements (15 Jul 2015)

Shane Ross: With the permission of the House I am sharing my time with Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett.

Northern Ireland: Statements (15 Jul 2015)

Shane Ross: I was reflecting, listening to the debate and the contributions of Deputy Smith and Deputy McDonald, on the changed atmosphere of debates of this nature since I came into not this House but the other House. There was a time in the 1980s and 1990s, which both the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Charles Flanagan, and the Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael Noonan, will remember...

Houses of the Oireachtas (Appointments to Certain Offices) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2015)

Shane Ross: I move amendment No. 9:In page 4, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following: “(6) For the purposes of this section— (a) an open competition shall mean a competition whose terms with respect of the eligibility of persons to compete in it shall not be such as to limit such eligibility to persons who are civil servants, (b) a confined competition shall mean a competition...

Houses of the Oireachtas (Appointments to Certain Offices) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2015)

Shane Ross: I thank the Minister for his reply. Although this is a short Bill, it was a couple of years in the drafting and, as such, I did not really expect him to accept any amendments. I am aware of the political dynamics that have been going on behind the scenes and the difficulties that are left unspoken, for some reason, in this House and which are the reason it took so long bring the legislation...

Houses of the Oireachtas (Appointments to Certain Offices) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2015)

Shane Ross: I referred to patronage and choice; I did not say they are synonymous. The use of the word "discernment" gives the Minister a power he or she should not have. One of the great curses of political life in this country is that all parties, when they get into power, look after their own. I referred in my initial contribution to the Judiciary and the Garda, where we find more obvious examples...

Houses of the Oireachtas (Appointments to Certain Offices) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2015)

Shane Ross: I move amendment No. 2:In page 3, to delete lines 15 to 28 and substitute the following:“5. (1) The appointment of a person to be the Clerk of Dáil Éireann shall be by the Chairman of Dáil Éireann upon resolution passed by Dáil Éireann recommending the appointment of that person subject to the following:(a) the selection of a candidate for appointment as...

Houses of the Oireachtas (Appointments to Certain Offices) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2015)

Shane Ross: I move amendment No. 7:In page 3, line 31, after "Éireann" to insert "following a confined competition".

Houses of the Oireachtas (Appointments to Certain Offices) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2015)

Shane Ross: I move amendment No. 8:In page 4, line 5, after "Éireann" to insert "following a confined competition".

Houses of the Oireachtas (Appointments to Certain Offices) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2015)

Shane Ross: I move amendment No. 1:In page 3, to delete lines 10 to 34, and in page 4, to delete lines 1 to 5 and substitute the following:"Amendment of the Staff of the Houses of the Oireachtas Act 1959 and the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Act 2003 1. (1) In this section—'Act of 1959' means the Staff of the Houses of the Oireachtas Act 1959; 'Act of 2003' means the Houses of the...

Houses of the Oireachtas (Appointments to Certain Offices) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2015)

Shane Ross: So we have a few extra minutes. As an Independent Member, I did not have any representatives on the select committee that took Committee Stage of the Bill, and I could not table any amendments to it. I am grateful to have the opportunity to do so now. The main thrust of the amendment-----