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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Mar 2015)

Shane Ross: How does the Comptroller and Auditor General do this? Does he do this by sampling?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Mar 2015)

Shane Ross: Maybe I am wrong but it looks that in sampling, the Comptroller and Auditor General found in one case it was €2.9 million of overpayments, of which €1.4 million had not been paid back. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Mar 2015)

Shane Ross: That was just found in a sample.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Mar 2015)

Shane Ross: Some of the others would be just-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Mar 2015)

Shane Ross: Chairman, I suggest we bring in the HSE and ask it a few questions about this. It is now in the public domain and I think we should ask the HSE about it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Mar 2015)

Shane Ross: Sorry, can the Chairman repeat that please?

Family Home Mortgage Settlement Arrangement Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (4 Mar 2015)

Shane Ross: The Government has been basking in what it reckons are good employment and Exchequer returns figures in the past few days. The Bill put its finger on the great weakness in the figures coming through. There is human suffering going on and a seriously good Bill like this is being turned down to perpetuate people being evicted and homes being repossessed. This is unacceptable and what is...

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Feb 2015)

Shane Ross: I welcome the Bill, which has been welcomed by nearly all Members of the House. It has been a very long time coming but the end product is something which reflects the changes that have taken place in society, in particular in the family. The Bill reflects the complex nature of the word “family” in this country and is a genuine effort to accommodate the changes which have...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Feb 2015)

Shane Ross: It should be fully investigated. It was quite shocking. The type of reasons we were given were open to challenge, to put it most euphemistically.

Income and Living Conditions: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 Feb 2015)

Shane Ross: Any kind of lingering difficulties which I had with this motion were removed when I saw the Government's amendment. No Government on the economy has a greater welcome for itself than this Government, in particular given that it is not responsible for a large number of the measures for which it claims credit. The Government knows perfectly well that a lot of what is imposed and a lot of what...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Costs (24 Feb 2015)

Shane Ross: 357. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the current cost of child care for families where both parents are working; his views on child care costs becoming tax deductible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7714/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Library Services (24 Feb 2015)

Shane Ross: 575. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to set out his plans to open public libraries on Sundays in advance of State examinations; his views on whether it is appropriate that despite the €36.6 million spent building the new Dún Laoghaire library, it is closed every Sunday and, therefore, unavailable to the local residents; and if he will make a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Station Closures (19 Feb 2015)

Shane Ross: The Minister's reply, unfortunately, is totally unsatisfactory. With regard to Stepaside specifically, I looked for the figures but they have stopped producing them, I presume because they are so embarrassing and, as there is an epidemic of burglaries, they do not want to expose themselves to the accusation that the closure of the station was a disaster and was wrong. This is of epidemic...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Station Closures (19 Feb 2015)

Shane Ross: I am sorry. It is an emergency.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Station Closures (19 Feb 2015)

Shane Ross: The Minister is right that the gangs are very mobile. That is why they come to Stepaside. They know it is easy pickings because it is open season there. They come out there and they are not the slightest bit impressed by the fact there are a few more patrol cars, which there may or may not be. They come and they operate there with impunity. At a local meeting some time ago, I asked the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Station Closures (19 Feb 2015)

Shane Ross: It is accurate in Stepaside. Will the Minister provide the figures?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Station Closures (19 Feb 2015)

Shane Ross: Can I have the figures?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Station Closures (19 Feb 2015)

Shane Ross: 3. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to improve policing in the Stepaside area in County Dublin; if her attention has been drawn to the spike in burglaries in the area since the closure of the Garda station there; if she will provide figures for crime in the area since the station closed; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that, since the station closed,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Station Closures (19 Feb 2015)

Shane Ross: In view of the fact that Stepaside Garda station was closed in March 2013, that the number of burglaries in the area has rocketed and that the residents of the area are victims of crime on a daily basis, will the Minister outline her proposals for what she intends to do about this, in particular, to revisit the disastrous decision by her predecessor to close the Garda station?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme (19 Feb 2015)

Shane Ross: 153. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a charge, per item, for holders of the long term illness card; his views on the potential negative impact of the charge on the health of the card holders, with a consequential increased cost in hospital fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7578/15]