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Written Answers — Banking Sector Regulation: Banking Sector Regulation (24 Apr 2012)

Shane Ross: Question 207: To ask the Minister for Finance in relation to the European Central Bank corresponding central bank model and procedures within the Euro system with respect to collaterisation, the legal instrument used by all Eurozone Central Banks in respect of non-marketable securities include the use of pledge and assignment and the fact that the Central Bank of Ireland is the only...

Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (24 Apr 2012)

Shane Ross: Question 233: To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage of total annual revenue from taxation that comes from salary tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20423/12]

Written Answers — Industrial Disputes: Industrial Disputes (24 Apr 2012)

Shane Ross: Question 318: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his position on the upholding of Labour Court recommendations, in relation to a specific case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20422/12]

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (24 Apr 2012)

Shane Ross: Question 518: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when a decision will be made in respect of the restructuriung of the waste market as proposed by him; if he has had any discussions with the Competition Authority in respect of the proposed change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20425/12]

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (24 Apr 2012)

Shane Ross: Question 519: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has considered the findings of an economic report which examined the proposed restructuring of the waste market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20426/12]

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (24 Apr 2012)

Shane Ross: Question 520: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has conducted any estimate of the costs associated with the proposed restructuring of the waste market; in particular, if the cost of transferring to a tendering system for waste contracts has been estimated; if the potential increase in costs to consumers has been quantified; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (24 Apr 2012)

Shane Ross: Question 521: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has estimated the number of waste companies that would close as a result of the restructuring of the waste market, currently under consideration by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20428/12]

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (24 Apr 2012)

Shane Ross: Question 522: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the proposed restructuring of the waste market is designed to ensure the viability of one waste facility, namely the proposed waste to energy plant at Poolbeg, Dublin; his views on whether the contractual arrangements entered into between the parties to this plant could undermine the waste sector by...

Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (18 Apr 2012)

Shane Ross: Question 1165: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding talks with Russia on a bilateral adoption agreement; the stage of these negotiations; her plans for the negotiations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18381/12]

Written Answers — Medicinal Products: Medicinal Products (18 Apr 2012)

Shane Ross: Question 1184: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a small pharmaceutical company (details supplied) in Dublin 14 was refused an application to the Irish Medicines Board to approve a switch from prescription only medicine to over the counter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18063/12]

Written Answers — Medicinal Products: Medicinal Products (18 Apr 2012)

Shane Ross: Question 1233: To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Irish Medicines Board has refused a designation to switch the drug Fluconazole from prescription to over the counter while under pharmacy supervision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18062/12]

Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2012)

Shane Ross: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. I do not disagree with a lot of what he said but he did not answer the question. The question is very simple and maybe I could repeat it. I do not believe that the NPRF - to which the Taoiseach said the money will go back to pay for the pensions in the future - will ever pay a pension. It will be used for infrastructure. It has been used for the...

Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2012)

Shane Ross: Thank you Ceann Comhairle. On behalf of the Technical Group, I would like to join with Deputy McDonald and the Taoiseach in expressing our sympathy to Deputy Doherty on the death of his father. Yesterday the Cabinet moved to end the confusion which had existed about these water charges, following a report in The Sunday Times last Sunday. We should greet that with a certain amount of...

Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2012)

Shane Ross: Well if you tell us how much it is, that would be fine.

Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2012)

Shane Ross: The second thing is what the Americans call the known unknown. We know there will be a €40 charge and we know that that voted €40 charge-----

Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2012)

Shane Ross: It is a standing charge of €40, more or less. We know that this charge will be used to repay a loan given by the National Pensions Reserve Fund. Why are the people borrowing money from the National Pensions Reserve Fund? We are borrowing our own money when we do that. This contrasts completely with what happened to the National Pensions Reserve Fund when the banks went to it. When the...

Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2012)

Shane Ross: I refer to two announcements made yesterday, one of significance and to which Deputy Adams has referred, the confirmation by the Governor of the Central Bank, Patrick Honohan, that the deal was done or virtually done. The second announcement was made by the Tánaiste in the House that a referendum would be held on 31 May. An observer could be forgiven for noting that the timing was not...

Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2012)

Shane Ross: I thank the Tánaiste for his reply. I take it he means that the financial stability of the State, therefore, is restored. This brings me to my final question. If this relief on the €3.1 billion and on further bank debt is to restore the financial stability of the State, we have been rightly led to believe that the austerity package which the Government has imposed on the country and on...

Private Members' Business. European Stability Mechanism: Motion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2012)

Shane Ross: The deal on the promissory notes is not in the bag yet. Reports from Europe on RTE this morning suggest there still is opposition to this in the European Central Bank and that we should not take it for granted at this stage. It is also very unclear what the coupon is on the bond, what the interest rate will be on that bond, and it would be wrong to pass any judgment at this stage. It might...

Private Members' Business. European Stability Mechanism: Motion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2012)

Shane Ross: I have not spoken on the motion yet. I will reserve that for another day.