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Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2014 (9 Jul 2015)

Shane Ross: Let me ask this question. There were millions sloshing around the system. There was £15 million, one guy getting £5 million, there were all sorts of potential conflicts of interest happening here, there were political sensitivities, yet NAMA ploughed ahead and said, "Okay, we will take the Cerberus bid."

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Facilities Expenditure (18 Apr 2019)

Shane Ross: ...;is set out in the Revised Estimates for 2019. The total allocation for my Department in 2019 is €2.343 billion. The total amount allocated under Programme D - Sports and Recreation Services is - €125.362 million, which is made up of €63.874 million in current funding and €61.488 million in capital funding....

Other Questions: Road Network (24 Apr 2018)

Shane Ross: ...that there is enormous demand on the national purse and that this is only one example, albeit a very important one. I also recognise that funding for national roads was cut by approximately €6 million, to €31.5 million, in budget 2018 and that the regional-local roads budget was cut by €8.1 million. The Deputy will recognise that the capital funding has increased by...

Other Questions: Road Projects (12 Jun 2018)

Shane Ross: I thank the IDA, Sligo County Council and the local representatives. The Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport provided €11 million and I think the IDA provided €5 million. It is a good combined effort.

Other Questions: Road Projects Status (22 Nov 2017)

Shane Ross: ..., because I do not expect gratitude from anybody for anything, but it should be recognised that TII has been allocated progressive and increasing amounts of money. I will repeat that €4 million was allocated to the scheme in 2014, €5 million in 2015, €3.8 million in 2016, and €14 million this year. The commitment is there. As far as I can see, and the Deputy...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Regional Road Network (3 Jul 2018)

Shane Ross: ...the Roads Act 1993. Works on those roads are funded from the Council's own resources supplemented by State road grants. The total allocation for regional and local roads in 2018 is €416.8 million and to increase this by 5% would cost €20.8 million. Details of the regional and local road grant allocations for this year are outlined in the 2018 regional and local road...

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2014 (9 Jul 2015)

Shane Ross: So Mr. Daly thinks he was going to get £5 million. They were not paying that for a guy without any knowledge of what he was doing, were they?

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2014 (9 Jul 2015)

Shane Ross: What were they paying him £5 million for?

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2014 (9 Jul 2015)

Shane Ross: It is mind boggling that they would go and ask a guy to act for them and pay him an acquisition fee of £5 million if he was just an ordinary Joe Soap off the street who did not know anything about the property portfolio. He had an office-----

Other Questions: Local Improvement Scheme Funding (28 Jun 2017)

Shane Ross: I will not give Deputy Ó Cuív a hostage to fortune by making a commitment of €5 million or any other figure. He would not expect me to.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Improvement Schemes (17 Jan 2017)

Shane Ross: ...burden on local authorities and on the Exchequer. State funding for Ireland's road network fell significantly during the recession.  In 2008 capital funding for regional and local roads was €470 million and current funding was €134 million while last year capital expenditure was €331.5 million and current funding €43.7 million. The 2016...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Wild Atlantic Way Project (17 May 2016)

Shane Ross: The Programme for Government provides that the Government will seek to set aside €100 million in additional capital funding to take the Wild Atlantic Way to the next level, including an Atlantic Blueway route, and the Ireland Way, and to invest further in developing a nationwide Greenway network. As part of this additional funding, the Government also proposes to double the funding...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Road Network (14 Jun 2018)

Shane Ross: ...Senator refers. We have tried to meet part of that need and similar demands from other parts of the country. The allocation to County Monaghan for regional and local roads increased from €7.684 million in 2017 to €9.097 million this year, which is a fair increase. I will not give the Senator the detailed figures as I am sure he is familiar with them. They included grants...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Data (2 Nov 2016)

Shane Ross: ​The latest official data on overseas travel from the CSO shows that there were almost 7.5 million overseas visits to Ireland for the first nine months of 2016, an increase of 12% compared to the same period in 2015. The Government's Tourism Policy Statement "People, Place and Policy – Growing Tourism to 2025", published in 2015, includes three main targets, to be...

Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Accounts 2012: Discussion with IDA Ireland (19 Sep 2013)

Shane Ross: The reports were clear that a large sample of companies were claiming tax credits incorrectly, approximately €5 million had to be returned. It is alarming that if that sample is correct, the issue might be widespread and it would have to be remedied because it might raise concern overseas. Do the companies use research and development as a tax reduction strategy or are the claims...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (20 Sep 2017)

Shane Ross: Funding for the national, regional and local road network has been reduced significantly across the board since 2008 when funding was €2.3 billion. The funding this year is around €760 million.  The Capital Plan published in September 2015 outlined proposed transport investment priorities to 2022 and was framed by the conclusions reached in my Department's Strategic...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Data (10 Oct 2017)

Shane Ross: ...increase can be broken down further as follows – - 36.3% increase in visits from Great Britain - 44.6% increase in visits from Mainland Europe - 83.2% increase in visits from North America - 54.2% increase in visits from Other areas The Government's Tourism Policy Statement "People, Place and Policy – Growing Tourism to 2025" was launched in March 2015. The main targets...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2008)

Shane Ross: ...delve because it is late and the allotted time has been extended. However, it is extraordinary to see such newspaper headlines as appeared today to the effect that the case may cost the family €5 million. How can they possibly charge these fees to those who cannot afford them?

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Jun 2016)

Shane Ross: The aviation programme has an allocation this year of €26 million, representing 2% of the Vote. The largest element of the programme is the regional airports programme at €12.6 million. Funding is also earmarked to cover costs associated with our membership of Eurocontrol, costs incurred by the Irish Aviation Authority for exempt services and subscriptions to international...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Service Obligation Levy (9 Mar 2017)

Shane Ross: As the Deputy is aware, in Budget 2017 I secured an 11% increase in the amount of funding available for Public Service Obligation and I can confirm that €262.958 million is available to the National Transport Authority in 2017. As requested the cost​ of the requested incremental​​ ​increases are set out in tabular form below:2017 PSO...