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Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 15 - Staff Appointments in the National Gallery of Ireland
Vote 34 - National Gallery of Ireland (21 Nov 2013)

Shane Ross: Is it London?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 15 - Staff Appointments in the National Gallery of Ireland
Vote 34 - National Gallery of Ireland (21 Nov 2013)

Shane Ross: How did the board come up with the €40,000 figure?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 15 - Staff Appointments in the National Gallery of Ireland
Vote 34 - National Gallery of Ireland (21 Nov 2013)

Shane Ross: Two hundred euro per round trip is quite a lot, especially when booking in advance.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 15 - Staff Appointments in the National Gallery of Ireland
Vote 34 - National Gallery of Ireland (21 Nov 2013)

Shane Ross: The gallery is only paying for the air trip. Is it paying for anything else?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 15 - Staff Appointments in the National Gallery of Ireland
Vote 34 - National Gallery of Ireland (21 Nov 2013)

Shane Ross: Dr. Braiden might not, but she probably does not fly with Ryanair. I just looked on the website this morning, and booking in advance could certainly be done for a lot less than €100 each way, and sometimes less than half of that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 15 - Staff Appointments in the National Gallery of Ireland
Vote 34 - National Gallery of Ireland (21 Nov 2013)

Shane Ross: Why did the gallery pay for it up front? He got a cheque for €40,000, is that right?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Nov 2013)

Shane Ross: It is agreed. I presume there is no question of our seeing the documentation. It has not been circulated to the committee. I understand it cannot be circulated. Is that the case?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Nov 2013)

Shane Ross: Okay. That is fine.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Nov 2013)

Shane Ross: That is fine as long as we do not accept the thesis of the Central Bank. To put it bluntly, it seems the Central Bank is ducking us. There is no doubt the Central Bank officials do not want to come before the committee. They are finding all sorts of reasons and sounding all sorts of phantom precedents that may or may not be a reason for not coming before the committee. I think we should...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Nov 2013)

Shane Ross: To whom was the documentation sent?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Nov 2013)

Shane Ross: Why did we not open it?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Nov 2013)

Shane Ross: I was probably not present at the time this decision was taken. Is there a reputational issue?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Nov 2013)

Shane Ross: We must be very careful that we not allowing information that should be in the public arena to be kept out of it. I would be slightly worried about that.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Nov 2013)

Shane Ross: I think we should note it, without accepting what the Governor says. What he is trying to say is that he will appear before the Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform on his own terms. This is important because the Governor did appear before. There was a reply to the Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform to the effect that the bank does not...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Nov 2013)

Shane Ross: One particular sentence says that it would be the "preference of the bank" that its encounters with the Oireachtas on such matters of policy should be through the established channels, but I do not give a hoot about the preference of the bank.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Nov 2013)

Shane Ross: Mr. Rainbird should be present and available for questioning, if necessary. I cannot see any reason he should not be. It would be very odd for him not to be here.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Nov 2013)

Shane Ross: There is obviously an urgency to this and we should be seen to react quickly. We should do so next week, if we are going to do so.

Government Decision on Exiting Programme of Financial Support: Motion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2013)

Shane Ross: I congratulate the Minister of State, who is not in the Chamber, on his speech. It was one of those rare occasions where a Minister of State was not reading from a script. He spoke very eloquently but when he started getting into his stride I wished he had his script back again. I am very tired of Ministers and Government spokespersons continually telling us how pleased they are in Europe...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Bodies Data (20 Nov 2013)

Shane Ross: 3. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of quangos operating under the aegis of his Department; the total number of directors sitting on their boards; the aggregate fees incurred by the State in paying the remuneration of directors of these quangos; the number of quangos that have been created since the formation of the Government; the number that have been disbanded over this period;...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Bodies Data (20 Nov 2013)

Shane Ross: 43. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of quangos operating under the aegis of his Department; the total number of directors sitting on their boards; the aggregate fees incurred by the State in paying the remuneration of directors of these quangos; the number of quangos that have been created since the formation of the Government; the number that...