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Leaders' Questions (11 May 2011)

Shane Ross: I thank the Taoiseach for his constructive reply. Will he consider going further and investigating the entire pension funds industry?

Leaders' Questions (11 May 2011)

Shane Ross: It is a swamp of hidden fees, upfront fees and riches for people who do not deliver to the people they are milking.

Leaders' Questions (11 May 2011)

Shane Ross: The Taoiseach is taking straight out the hands of the contributors when he could take, if not an equivalent a proportionate sum, out of the hands of those drawing large amounts of money in hidden and upfront fees.

Jobs Initiative 2011: Statements (10 May 2011)

Shane Ross: And a half.

Jobs Initiative 2011: Statements (10 May 2011)

Shane Ross: This initiative was our first opportunity to judge the new Government on its merits and on its own measures. I am sympathetic to the Government's daily mantra in the House, that is, to blame the current main Opposition party for the state in which the former inherited the country. This can carry some weight for a short period, but this is the first time we can point to the Government's part...

Jobs Initiative 2011: Statements (10 May 2011)

Shane Ross: I am just finishing. The result of this is that the austerity measures will result in a contraction of the economy. Bringing in more multinationals would expand consumer spending and possibly allow us to break out of the extraordinary spiral we are in, but the measures announced today are unlikely to help in any significant way.

Written Answers — Teaching Qualifications: Teaching Qualifications (4 May 2011)

Shane Ross: Question 76: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the status of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9957/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (4 May 2011)

Shane Ross: Question 87: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his intentions regarding retired civil servants applying for Civil Service positions. [9955/11]

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (4 May 2011)

Shane Ross: Question 115: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide clarity on a timeframe of a citizenship application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath. [9956/11]

Residential Mortgage Debt: Motion (Resumed) (4 May 2011)

Shane Ross: I was deeply disappointed by the Minister's contribution. It appears that in respect of this problem all the Government has to offer is concern and sympathy. That really is not good enough for those who are affected by negative equity and by the extraordinary debts they have incurred as a result of the mortgages they took on. If the Minister is not taking the figures seriously, then he...

Residential Mortgage Debt: Motion (Resumed) (4 May 2011)

Shane Ross: Thank you. Why not enforce a system whereby the bankers who lent the money have to accept that they also have a stake in the equity, and if they overlent, they take equity instead of debt? If the equity is worth less, then that is their problem. They made a bad decision as well, and the borrower has suffered enough. Why not also look at the possibility whereby a borrower who cannot pay...

EU-IMF Programme: Statements (4 May 2011)

Shane Ross: With the permission of the House, I will share time with Deputies Richard Boyd Barrett and Clare Daly. A great opportunity has been missed by the Government. Let us conjure up the scene in the ECB many weeks ago and imagine what they were looking at in the Irish political scene. They saw a Government going out of power, having negotiated a deal about which the ECB must have been somewhat...

Written Answers — Banking Sector Regulation: Banking Sector Regulation (3 May 2011)

Shane Ross: Question 113: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the decision of AIB public interest directors to approve the payment of a €3 million compensation package to the last chief executive (details supplied) of AIB; if he intends to support their continuation in office; and when he intends to make further appointments to the boards of banks. [9900/11]

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (3 May 2011)

Shane Ross: Question 382: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Ombudsman's investigation into the South Dublin County Council Part 8 process with regard to Taylor's Lane has not been concluded, and that he has given written assurances on numerous occasions that no decision to expend scarce financial resources will be...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (3 May 2011)

Shane Ross: Question 539: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will grant a medical card to persons (details supplied). [9172/11]

Commissions of Investigation (3 May 2011)

Shane Ross: I seek a "Yes" or "No" response from the Minister. His reply confirms my worst suspicions that it was the Department of Finance, again, which gave Mr. Nyberg the initial advice, which brings me back to my initial question, on the appointment of people from the Department of Finance, again, to sit with him on the commission and bankers. The Minister was not in office at the time. Does he...

Leaders' Questions (3 May 2011)

Shane Ross: I congratulate the Taoiseach on the marriage last Friday of one of his Ministers of State, who is seated behind him, to a Member of the Upper House. I hope she will not have any divided loyalties when she is obliged to vote for the abolition by referendum of the House of which her husband is a Member. The second congratulations I wish to extend to the Taoiseach is on a serious matter. I...

Leaders' Questions (3 May 2011)

Shane Ross: In view of the fact that the Government makes each appointment after seven names are submitted to it, would the Taoiseach consider introducing similar reforms in the appointment of members of the Judiciary to those he has promised to introduce in the case of appointments to other State bodies? In other words, will he allow those whom he and the Government propose to put on the Bench to be...

Leaders' Questions (3 May 2011)

Shane Ross: She did not invite a Member of the Technical Group to the wedding.

Leaders' Questions (3 May 2011)

Shane Ross: One day.