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Nomination of Comptroller and Auditor General: Motion (Resumed) (24 May 2012)

Shane Ross: Níl.

Private Members' Business. Referendum (Amendment) (Varying Of Polling Day) Bill 2012 — First Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2012)

Shane Ross: The basis behind this Bill is not, as has been presented by many of its opponents, to force the Government to delay the treaty vote. Its purpose is to amend the Referendum Act 1994 to allow the Government and, in particular, the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, to change the date in question. It is a very simple operation to do that and this Bill could go...

Private Members' Business. Referendum (Amendment) (Varying Of Polling Day) Bill 2012 — First Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2012)

Shane Ross: So should the-----

Private Members' Business. Referendum (Amendment) (Varying Of Polling Day) Bill 2012 — First Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2012)

Shane Ross: Ever since you got into government you have done that.

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (22 May 2012)

Shane Ross: What the Central Bank said yesterday confirmed the tragedy facing so many people in mortgage arrears. I am worried, however, that yesterday's warnings from the watchdog have not been heard. The dog that did not bark in 2008 is barking very loudly today. I hope the Taoiseach has not missed the warning that came from the big guns in the Central Bank, namely, the Governor and the deputy...

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (22 May 2012)

Shane Ross: -----on the report that the bankers in Ireland were not recognising the problem on their balance sheets and that they are already underproviding for the problem. This will mean that we must recapitalise. The warning from Deutsche Bank is that the banks are going down the route that will land us in a second bailout sooner then the end of 2013. Will the Taoiseach comment on that? Is this the...

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (22 May 2012)

Shane Ross: I understand what the Taoiseach is saying but it has nothing to do with what I asked. Does he recognise that the two top civil servants in the country were issuing a warning, which they did not issue in 2008, that the banks must be recapitalised again because of mortgage arrears? What is the Government doing about it? The warning was not reiterated by Danske Bank. Perhaps the Taoiseach...

Leaders' Questions (17 May 2012)

Shane Ross: I welcome the Tánaiste to the constituency. I was in Paris last week when I met many people who were wondering why he had to go to that city to do an interview for "Morning Ireland". It seems the person he had gone to see, Mr. Hollande, had fled to Tulle when he had heard the Tánaiste would be coming.

Leaders' Questions (17 May 2012)

Shane Ross: Why will the Government not partake of the facility available to it to change the referendum date if events overtake it? In fact, events are overtaking it by the day. One month from today, 17 June, is a key date, with elections taking place in France which will, whether the Government likes it, affect the austerity treaty, as it is called here, or the fiscal treaty as it is called by...

Leaders' Questions (17 May 2012)

Shane Ross: Yes, it is.

Referendum (Amendment) (Varying of Polling Day) Bill 2012: First Stage (17 May 2012)

Shane Ross: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Referendum Act 1994. This Bill provides that the Government may alter the date of the upcoming referendum.

Referendum (Amendment) (Varying of Polling Day) Bill 2012: First Stage (17 May 2012)

Shane Ross: Vótáil.

Leaders' Questions (17 May 2012)

Shane Ross: In response to what the Tánaiste said to Deputy Pearse Doherty I would like to make a constructive suggestion-----

Leaders' Questions (17 May 2012)

Shane Ross: -----and to test the Tánaiste's response to it. As the House will know, on Tuesday the Referendum Commission ruled that there could be no delay under the 1994 Referendum Act in holding the referendum on the fiscal treaty, to which the Tánaiste has pledged himself and his party.

Leaders' Questions (17 May 2012)

Shane Ross: That is absolutely and legally true. In response I have a very short Bill to propose to the House in proposing to the Tánaiste-----

Leaders' Questions (17 May 2012)

Shane Ross: I have a very short Bill-----

Leaders' Questions (17 May 2012)

Shane Ross: I propose - not compel - the Tánaiste and the Government, if it sees fit to do so, change the date if events overtake what is happening in respect of the treaty.

Leaders' Questions (17 May 2012)

Shane Ross: I say to the Tánaiste-----

Leaders' Questions (17 May 2012)

Shane Ross: Such a Bill would take one or two days to pass through this House and the Seanad. It would give the Government the facility, if it wished to do so and events changed, to postpone the referendum on the treaty to a relevant date.

Leaders' Questions (17 May 2012)

Shane Ross: I will put one good reason to the House as to why this should happen.