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Public Accounts Committee: Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances (25 Oct 2012)

Shane Ross: What proportion of allowances is pensionable?

Public Accounts Committee: Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances (25 Oct 2012)

Shane Ross: Will Mr. Clinton provide a figure for the proportion of allowances that is pensionable?

Public Accounts Committee: Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances (25 Oct 2012)

Shane Ross: Does the Department of Justice and Equality have the figure?

Public Accounts Committee: Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances (25 Oct 2012)

Shane Ross: What was the effect of the 2005 deal on the pay bill of the Irish Prison Service?

Public Accounts Committee: Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances (25 Oct 2012)

Shane Ross: Does the Department agree with this?

Public Accounts Committee: Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances (25 Oct 2012)

Shane Ross: I apologise if I cover any of the ground already dealt with, as I had to go to the House for a vote. In his presentation, Mr. Clinton said the Prison Officers' Association currently represents 3,221 grades in the Irish Prison Service. Is that a misprint?

Public Accounts Committee: Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances (25 Oct 2012)

Shane Ross: That is fine. I was just wondering because there are only 3,221 grades. I shall move on to my next point, the 2005 agreement, which is obviously the basis of all these allowances. What was the problem before then that precipitated the 2005 agreement?

Public Accounts Committee: Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances (25 Oct 2012)

Shane Ross: What is that?

Public Accounts Committee: Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances (25 Oct 2012)

Shane Ross: The problem with overtime was that it was being forced on people from above.

Public Accounts Committee: Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances (25 Oct 2012)

Shane Ross: Was there any exploitation of overtime by the prison officers?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Regulation (25 Oct 2012)

Shane Ross: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications in each of the last eight quarters for banking licences; the action he will take to attract new banking entrants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47014/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Asset Management Agency (25 Oct 2012)

Shane Ross: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason employees of the National Treasury Management Agency have not had the same pay cuts applied to their salaries as civil servants; if there are other State bodies which have not been affected by the so-called across the board pay cut applied to the civil service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46858/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (25 Oct 2012)

Shane Ross: To ask the Minister for Finance the macro-economic stability and debt sustainability analyses, if any, that have been undertaken in which an assumption is that the promissory note is not repaid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47011/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (25 Oct 2012)

Shane Ross: To ask the Minister for Finance the analyses that are being undertaken in view of the IMF WEO note on multipliers to establish the short term multiplier for Government spending here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47012/12]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Financial Services Regulation (25 Oct 2012)

Shane Ross: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his view on whether the Irish accountancy bodies have sufficient safeguards in place to enforce regulation and compliance which will help rebuild Ireland's reputation at home and abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46859/12]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Alternative Energy Projects (25 Oct 2012)

Shane Ross: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if firms like wind farms operators and others, who receive State grants are required to refund the grants to the taxpayer if they are taken over by a multinational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46857/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Charges (25 Oct 2012)

Shane Ross: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if rates are formally introduced if both the household charge and the second residence charge will be abolished; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46856/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (25 Oct 2012)

Shane Ross: To ask the Minister for Health the reason Osteole 1500mg has been removed from the medical card scheme; the criteria under which this decision was reached; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46860/12]

Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (24 Oct 2012)

Shane Ross: I wish to share time with Deputy Donnelly and we will take five minutes each. I note the Minister's jibe about opportunism. Sometimes I wonder whether the Government could have taken a lesson from those whom it accuses of opportunism and taken certain opportunities on various occasions when it could have during this short Dáil, especially in light of the story that broke yesterday...

Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (24 Oct 2012)

Shane Ross: The report took one and a quarter years to find out things that we knew about already. That is typical. There should be a sense of urgency.