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Leaders' Questions (25 Jan 2012)

Shane Ross: Yes, thank you.

Leaders' Questions (25 Jan 2012)

Shane Ross: Why does the Taoiseach insist on not considering the write-off of debts? Why does he not examine the example of Russia which returned to the bond markets in two years-----

Leaders' Questions (25 Jan 2012)

Shane Ross: -----or Iceland which returned recently and Argentina? All of these wrote off their debts and returned to the bond markets.

Leaders' Questions (25 Jan 2012)

Shane Ross: Why does the Taoiseach not look at the history of the markets which forgive those who write off their debt provided the future looks bright enough for them to lend?

Leaders' Questions (25 Jan 2012)

Shane Ross: The idea of default being a taboo is not acceptable.

Leaders' Questions (25 Jan 2012)

Shane Ross: I thank the Taoiseach for the compliment he paid me last week about my forecast on the economy. I would like to mention something to him in response. It was in the same breath that he told us last week he stuck soundly by the growth rate of 1.3% for this year, the day after his heroes in the troika-----

Leaders' Questions (25 Jan 2012)

Shane Ross: -----said 0.5%. They halved it. Does the Taoiseach still stand by the 1.3% he stuck to this time last week? Nobody else does. Let us argue the toss on this one.

Leaders' Questions (25 Jan 2012)

Shane Ross: I am sure we will not. I will ask the Taoiseach a supplementary question. It is a serious question and I would like him to answer it. Is the Minister for Finance in his negotiations with the European Central Bank and Olli Rehn intent on focusing simply on the terms of the Irish sovereign debt or is he prepared to look at, and is he looking for, a write-off of some of the substantial capital?

Leaders' Questions (25 Jan 2012)

Shane Ross: Is the Taoiseach still on for 1.3%?

Leaders' Questions (25 Jan 2012)

Shane Ross: No, I am not.

Written Answers — Ministerial Correspondence: Ministerial Correspondence (24 Jan 2012)

Shane Ross: Question 134: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the complete text of any and all letters exchanged between him and the President of the ECB dated 19 November 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3505/12]

Written Answers — Bank Guarantee Scheme: Bank Guarantee Scheme (24 Jan 2012)

Shane Ross: Question 133: To ask the Minister for Finance for the covered banks, as an aggregate the amount of money in each of the following categories, by month, from January 2009 or earlier if available to the latest date, Irish private sector deposits broken down according to households, non-financial corporations and insurance corporations and pension funds/other financial intermediaries, with a...

Leaders' Questions (19 Jan 2012)

Shane Ross: I thank the Tánaiste for his reply, which I take to mean that we will not put ourselves in a situation where the British are not imposing this tax and we are. That is how I understand it and if that is what it means, it is encouraging. Perhaps the Tánaiste does not want to say it in such blunt terms but I presume that is what he means when he makes the distinction between eurozone...

Leaders' Questions (19 Jan 2012)

Shane Ross: I was privileged to be on a delegation of the Technical Group to the troika this week and I have absolutely no doubt that they will give a very good report to the Government today. The question is whether the Government should be looking for, or welcoming, such a good report from the troika. We do not seem to get any payback from this extraordinarily good behaviour on behalf of the...

Leaders' Questions (18 Jan 2012)

Shane Ross: I would be grateful if the Taoiseach would answer the question as to whether he stands by the 1.3% figure. If he does not, it would have serious implications for the budgetary arithmetic and the prospects for the introduction of a mini-budget, sudden taxation measures and future budgets. Will the Taoiseach anticipate or respond to one of the independent commentators, namely, Goodbodys,...

Leaders' Questions (18 Jan 2012)

Shane Ross: I too welcome the Speaker of the Knesset although I believe he has departed the Chamber. Is the Taoiseach aware of disturbing figures which are emerging about the growth rate for the economy for 2012? Davy Stockbrokers has downgraded its figure on projected growth for 2012 from 1.7% to 0.4%, while Goodbodys has produced a figure of 0.7%, down from 1.2%. Prior to the budget the ESRI...

Private Members' Business. Special Educational Needs: Motion (Resumed) (12 Jan 2012)

Shane Ross: I support the motion. I am astonished that the Government has taken the decision to attack under-privileged people. There are all sorts of ways to cut public expenditure and, to me, this is a foolish and heartless option. I cannot understand how the Government can justify the extravagance in which it indulges in terms of payments to Ministers, Deputies, advisers and Senators and at the...

Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (11 Jan 2012)

Shane Ross: Question 87: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will intervene to allow those taxpayers struggling financially to be allowed to pay the Revenue an amount per month to the end of the year, in recognition of the fact that there are many people who simply cannot afford the lump sum payments demanded by the State at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41248/11]

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (11 Jan 2012)

Shane Ross: Question 594: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will order a review of the system for processing speeding fines, based on the experience of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41249/11]

Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2011)

Shane Ross: I do not accept that the Government can wash its hands of this. The National Transport Authority is an agency with Government appointees on the board. CIE is a semi-State company and also with Government appointees on the board. Both companies are controlled by the Government. They are doing a nice little friendly tick-tack between each other and the Government says it has nothing to do...