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Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (23 Oct 2013)

Shane Ross: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting of Personnel (23 Oct 2013)

Shane Ross: 184. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will clarify the requirements for Garda vetting for Irish citizens who have travelled and worked overseas for a number of years; if it is true that if they wish to apply for job for which vetting is a requirement, if they have been abroad for more than two years then they must be back in permanent residence in Ireland for five years...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Loan Scheme (22 Oct 2013)

Shane Ross: 180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to initiate a student loan scheme for those third level students who do not qualify for a maintenance grant but who take out loans to fund their studies, in order to ensure that these students' educations are not put in jeopardy by inflexible loan terms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44284/13]

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Financial Resolution No. 8: General (Resumed) (16 Oct 2013)

Shane Ross: Fortunately.

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Financial Resolution No. 8: General (Resumed) (16 Oct 2013)

Shane Ross: That is correct, but it is a breach of the pledge to pensioners and members of pension funds. It is not necessary to go back to this pot to deprive people of their savings, scare them in this way and break solemn promises made in the House. If money is to be taken from the pensions industry, the answer is to take it from the fund managers and those taking out enormous sums for putting in an...

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Financial Resolution No. 8: General (Resumed) (16 Oct 2013)

Shane Ross: It would be very churlish of those of us on the Opposition benches not to recognise that some elements of the budget should be approved and applauded or not to admit that we recognise the difficult situation in which the Government has found itself in the past three or four years or that it is working within certain constraints. While we disagree with regard to some of those constraints, the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge Application (15 Oct 2013)

Shane Ross: 16. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Dublin is subject to the Universal Social Charge on their streamed severance pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43676/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Employment Data (10 Oct 2013)

Shane Ross: 3. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in view of the latest official forecast for employment, if he will provide a breakdown of the number of jobs he and his Department anticipate being created by each significant sector in the economy, including, specifically, from the high-tech sector, the multinational sector, State enterprise, small and medium businesses, the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Employment Data (10 Oct 2013)

Shane Ross: I thank the Minister for his reply but he did not quite answer my question. I understand his comments on making forecasts but my question, which follows on from Deputy McLellan's, asked the sectors in which the increases in jobs are expected to occur. The Minister referred to the acute problem of the mismatch of jobs and skills. This problem is not new, however. It existed under the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Employment Data (10 Oct 2013)

Shane Ross: I agree with the Minister that it is a difficult area and understand why he is reluctant to give exact figures. However, this means the mismatch is almost certain to continue. We do not know how to train people because we do not know where the jobs will be created beyond a vague identification of the sectors. Where does he think jobs will be lost in the coming years? I hope his optimism...

Topical Issue Debate: Adoption Issues (10 Oct 2013)

Shane Ross: I thank the Minister for her reply, which is enlightened in sentiment but perhaps somewhat unclear in the context of intention and timing. I am delighted that there are no constitutional difficulties in respect of this matter. I did not anticipate any such difficulties. When I heard the words "complex" and "review", I become concerned that nothing is going to happen or that a matter will...

Topical Issue Debate: Adoption Issues (10 Oct 2013)

Shane Ross: I thank the Minister.

Topical Issue Debate: Adoption Issues (10 Oct 2013)

Shane Ross: I address this issue in the context of many people who have approached me on it and which is obviously an increasingly difficult problem for a large number of people. It is the issue of stepfathers or stepmothers voluntarily adopting children but the real issue is where their partner, and in most cases it is the natural mother of the child, is forced to adopt the child also. I will give a...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)

Shane Ross: Before we do so, I have one last question for Dr. Neavyn. How much is being spent in pursuit of discovering what went on and the legal case? Is it correct that the institute is only pursuing reimbursement up to €120,000?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)

Shane Ross: There are other items of expenditure as well such as the Deloitte reports. How much did these come to?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)

Shane Ross: How much other expenditure has the institute incurred in pursuing the chief executive?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)

Shane Ross: It is a very expensive process.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)

Shane Ross: It is also taking up much of the time of the president and those involved in the institute.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)

Shane Ross: It is a massive operation in pursuit of a comparatively small amount of money.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)

Shane Ross: Yes, but I am referring to the former president’s case. Is it correct the maximum the institute can recoup in that case is €120,000?