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Order of Business (26 Sep 2012)

Shane Ross: The board-----

An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Leanaí) 2012: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2012)

Shane Ross: A dedicated amendment to the Constitution on the children of this State is something no one can oppose in any rational way, not just for emotional reasons but for good, sensible, non-political reasons. To some extent I regard it as a type of cleansing of a shameful record which this State has in the protection of its children. We are very keen to blame the churches - rightly so - for the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Services for People with Disabilities (25 Sep 2012)

Shane Ross: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to have Irish sign language recognised as an official language here; if not, the reason for same, when it is so widely used here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40081/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Property Services Regulation (20 Sep 2012)

Shane Ross: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the new regulations that have been brought in to ensure that auctioneers are operating within transparent and accountable guidelines; his plans now or in the future to regulate the property industry from a purchaser perspective; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39722/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (20 Sep 2012)

Shane Ross: To ask the Minister for Health if he will direct the Health Service Executive to reconsider the recent initiative to which saw up to 16,000 medical card holders who have coeliac disease no longer able to use their cards to buy gluten-free products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39721/12]

Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2012)

Shane Ross: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. The Taoiseach said that any comment on this was speculative. Does that include his own statement that it would raise €500 million, which he is on record as saying?

Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2012)

Shane Ross: Does that include the fact that the Minister for Finance has already said that it would not be 0.5%?

Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2012)

Shane Ross: Does that include other statements from members of the Government about it coming in? What is happening here is a softening up process.

Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2012)

Shane Ross: The Government is leaking stuff to the press left, right and centre. It is appearing all the time. It is making statements on the record as well-----

Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2012)

Shane Ross: -----to soften people up and then saying-----

Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2012)

Shane Ross: -----that this is speculative. What is happening here is that the middle classes and the lower paid are being prepared for another blow which they cannot pay. Would the Taoiseach therefore give some comfort to those in negative equity that they will not have to pay property tax? Will he give some comfort to house owners in Dublin that they will not have to pay a disproportionate amount...

Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2012)

Shane Ross: No one would deny the difficulty that the Government has in making the cuts and balancing the budget in the current situation. The problem, as enunciated by two previous speakers, is that no adequate explanations have been given for the cuts being proposed. I refer not only to the cuts in the health service, which several speakers have addressed, but there seems to be a competing appetite...

Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2012)

Shane Ross: Yes. I am coming to the question.

Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2012)

Shane Ross: The time for that was when the furnace was burning not now when the Taoiseach is trying to extract some oxygen from the ashes. Why can the Taoiseach not go back to the troika which is demanding a property tax, and with whom it has agreement, and tell it about the report last week from the IMF? The Taoiseach will have read it. The IMF said that growth rates in this country will be down by...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Regulation (18 Sep 2012)

Shane Ross: To ask the Minister for Finance if the State has ruled out compensating investors who have lost savings and pension contributions in the Customs House Capital debacle; if the State acknowledges a responsibility in this affair due to lack of adequate regulation by the Central Bank of Ireland; if it is open to any citizen to take an action against the Central Bank for negligence under any...

Leaders' Questions (19 Jul 2012)

Shane Ross: The House is anticipating and will welcome the announcement of an inquiry into the bank guarantee of September 2008. The sooner it comes, the better. I say as much because I believe we are in danger of repeating the mistakes of 2008 unless we are particularly vigilant. The Tánaiste will be aware that there are banking scandals breaking globally. Giants such as Barclays, Lloyds TSB and...

Leaders' Questions (19 Jul 2012)

Shane Ross: Was the Tánaiste aware that the appointee to the post of governor of the Bank of Ireland was the director in charge of insurance at that time and had his bonus docked by £250,000, which is somewhat unique for a banker?

Leaders' Questions (19 Jul 2012)

Shane Ross: It is almost impossible for that to happen. Was the Tánaiste kept informed of this by the public interest directors?

Leaders' Questions (19 Jul 2012)

Shane Ross: I thank the Tánaiste. The Bank of Ireland was largely privately owned when the last disaster occurred in 2008. The reason we have a 15% holding, which had been larger, and two public interest directors is that it is such a vital part of the Irish economy. The appointment of its governor is a crucial decision in which the Government obviously has a key interest. My guess is that the...

Leaders' Questions (19 Jul 2012)

Shane Ross: I have no wish to be too specific.