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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council Reports (2 Jul 2015)

Shane Ross: 3. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the action he plans to take in response to the recent warnings from the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council regarding public expenditure. [26505/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council Reports (2 Jul 2015)

Shane Ross: What action does the Minister intend to take in response to the recent warnings from the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, IFAC, about public expenditure?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council Reports (2 Jul 2015)

Shane Ross: I thank the Minister for his reply. The problem is that the fiscal advisory council has continually made statements and issued 11 reports but the Government picks and chooses what it likes from those reports but does not take much notice of anything that it does not like. The council has indicated that the Government is ignoring, in its own forecasts, the tax and expenditure statements it...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council Reports (2 Jul 2015)

Shane Ross: I thank the Minister as he has answered my question fully, although he did not mean to. It is quite simple. He is going to ignore completely the advice of the fiscal advisory council. It specifically indicates that the structural deficit requirement reduction is 0.6% but the Government will come in at 0.3%. The council has specifically warned about the real questions about the credibility...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (30 Jun 2015)

Shane Ross: 245. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to raise the threshold for inheritance tax for those who return to the family home to care for elderly parents, thus reducing the need for additional or nursing home care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25999/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (30 Jun 2015)

Shane Ross: 495. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the passport express service delivered by his Department is meeting the agreed service level agreements; if the Passport Office is provided with additional resources during seasonal variations to maintain the ten-day agreed turn-around time; if penalties are due to be paid to consumers when Passport Office service level agreements are...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (25 Jun 2015)

Shane Ross: 92. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to raise the threshold for inheritance tax for those who inherit from their parents, whilst being under 18 years of age. [25559/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Visa Applications (25 Jun 2015)

Shane Ross: 227. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts being made to assist the Irish students currently in Canada, who continue to await their summer working visas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25558/15]

European Council Meeting: Statements (23 Jun 2015)

Shane Ross: I echo the words of my colleagues on this side of the House about the absolute horror and shock at the attitude taken by the Government, and in particular the Minister for Finance, on the Greek crisis recently. Until now, we have been surprised at and condemned the silence of the Government in the crisis and for not sticking with the Greek people. I would have preferred if it had remained...

European Council Meeting: Statements (23 Jun 2015)

Shane Ross: Hear, hear.

Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2015)

Shane Ross: I am sharing time with Deputy Thomas Pringle. I rather like the way people continuously talk about the "construction industry" in this House and elsewhere as though it is some large identifiable group. It is like the way people talk about business, saying it has a voice which wants this, that and the other. The construction industry contains a large number of groups, large builders...

Houses of the Oireachtas (Appointments to Certain Offices) Bill 2014: Second Stage (18 Jun 2015)

Shane Ross: That may be the case. It is something that should be far more transparent because when it is shrouded in this sort of mystery, one wonders how the appointments are made. This Bill is certainly underwhelming in that it does not fulfil the promises made to make appointments in this House more transparent, radical and modern. The very odd two-year delay in making these appointments and...

Houses of the Oireachtas (Appointments to Certain Offices) Bill 2014: Second Stage (18 Jun 2015)

Shane Ross: I am sharing time with Deputy Finian McGrath. I am in two minds about this Bill. It is laudable that it is intended to have an open competition for the position of Clerk but the essence of the Bill represents a missed opportunity, more of the same and a failure to modernise. I wish to preface my remarks by joining previous speakers in saying that anything I say about the appointment to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (16 Jun 2015)

Shane Ross: 865. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide information regarding the section of the M50 between Exit 13 and Exit 14; the number of vehicles which passed through this section each month, over the past two years; the measurements of air and noise pollution that are available for this section; if available, if he will provide such measurements; when the surface...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jun 2015)

Shane Ross: With the absence of the clerk, we might not have an answer to this question. However, we have been back and forward with the investment committee of the wards of court. The latest was that we were to send it an invitation to attend the committee. Where does that stand at the moment?

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Preschool Services (11 Jun 2015)

Shane Ross: 138. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the current yearly costs of the programme of early childhood care and education, also known as the free preschool year; the projected costs for its expansion into a second year; if, in view of these plans, he will consider investing in primary schools with a view to delivering the preschool year in that setting; and if he will make a...

Draft Commission of Investigation (Certain matters concerning transactions entered into by IBRC) Order 2015: Motion (Resumed) (10 Jun 2015)

Shane Ross: I thank the Minister for withdrawing that remark. I notice that the Minister for Finance had to whisper in his ear when he made that mistake. I would point out to him that he is wrong in his second remark as well. The Minister for Finance made exactly the same accusation in this House some years ago, which he has not yet withdrawn. No doubt he will take the opportunity-----

Draft Commission of Investigation (Certain matters concerning transactions entered into by IBRC) Order 2015: Motion (Resumed) (10 Jun 2015)

Shane Ross: -----to do so. I am delighted that the Minister will do that.

Draft Commission of Investigation (Certain matters concerning transactions entered into by IBRC) Order 2015: Motion (Resumed) (10 Jun 2015)

Shane Ross: The fact of the matter is that I did not suggest that he be made chairman of the Bank of Ireland either. I put down a question about whether he was in the running, along with many other people. If the Minister wants to misinterpret that, as he does, it is no wonder he gets into so much trouble politically in this House and that he is now a Minister demoted rather than one promoted. If he...

Draft Commission of Investigation (Certain matters concerning transactions entered into by IBRC) Order 2015: Motion (Resumed) (10 Jun 2015)

Shane Ross: On a point of order, I ask the Minister-----