62 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of the total amount of money paid by his Department to a company (details supplied) in the past decade; the details of the projects.
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60 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of the total amount of money paid by his Department to a company (details supplied) in the past decade; and details of the projects.
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391 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Health if the central procurement that the Health Service Executive instituted for the hospital network has resulted in Tallaght Hospital, Dublin being billed for €6 million more than when the procurement was under its own control, resulting in the hospital pursuing serious reductions in service provision; if the hospital is in negotiations with the HSE to resolve this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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210 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the figure of €289 million stated as the reduction in payroll costs detailed in the review report on the Croke Park agreement is in fact the same figure for savings to the State, in view of the fact that some of those personnel who left are now receiving a State pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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384 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the architectural section in his Department was consulted regarding the South Dublin County Council Part 8 proposal for Taylor’s Lane in view of the fact that it involves a protected structure; if his AHPF for planning authorities has been set aside for just this proposal or for all proposals concerning protected structures; the reason he did not wait for the Ombudsman to conclude her investigation before granting financial approval to the Part 8 proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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206 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of Iarnród Éireann employees holding contracts of indefinite duration who have had those contracts terminated; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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75 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Finance if the National Assets Management has put in place a strategy with local authorities to protect period buildings and protected structures under the control of NAMA; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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62 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider making the Office of the President subject to the Freedom of Information Act; if not, why not; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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29 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of his responsibilities to broadcast media and further in view of the recommendations contained in the 2009 Report of the Advisory group on Media Mergers, his views on the recommendations relating to the broadcast media; and his plans in relation to the mergers in the broadcast media sector; if he will make a statement on the matter.
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299 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will account for the delay in implementing the 116000 hotline number for missing children.
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199 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Social Protection if there is any scheme in place to allow directors of a company who are searching for work or contracts in a dormant industry to avail of welfare payments without having to first put their company into liquidation; and if there is no such scheme, if she will consider the merits or otherwise of such a scheme.
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175 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a company (details supplied) does not accept the free bus pass on the new route passing through Ballinteer, Dundrum, Rathfarnham and Templeogue, Dublin, based on the high number of old age pensioners serviced by these routes; and if the non-acceptance of the free bus pass will apply to any new routes operated by Dublin Bus.
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Bill entitled an Act to provide protection from civil liability or penalisation to employees who make certain protected disclosures in relation to the affairs of their employers and to provide for related matters
100 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Finance the status of those who will interview candidates for the positions on bank boards as advertised in the media; the way the interview board was selected; the interviewers’ expertise in the financial area; if they will be selected purely from the ranks of his Department; if there will be any representatives of the private sector on the interview board; the procedures they will adopt for interviewing; if interviewers will be politically approved; if they will be expected to declare any possible conflicts of interest; and if he will identify the officials in his Department who will carry out the initial process that eliminates some of the applicants from reaching the interview process.
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142 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Finance the number of expressions of interest or responses he has received to his requests for interests in board vacancies at the banks; the number of candidates who fulfilled the necessary criteria; if all responses will receive replies; the persons who will be conducting the interviews; if the final decision on the appointments will rest with the Government or Minister; if the Government will be bound by any recommendations from any chosen interviewing group; the number of vacancies that exist at the banks' boards; and if the Government can ignore all the candidates and parachute their own chosen directors into the vacancies without being subject to the interview process.
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115 Deputy Shane Ross asked 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.
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87 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his intentions regarding retired civil servants applying for Civil Service positions.
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76 Deputy Shane Ross asked 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.
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382 Deputy Shane Ross asked 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 spent until the Ombudsman has concluded her investigation and her report is taken into account; if he will give an assurance that he will put a stay on any financial transaction by his Department pertaining to this SDCC Part 8 process pending the outcome of the Ombudsman’s investigation; if his further attention has been drawn to the fact that no contract has been signed and therefore no financial liability exists; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that SDCC withheld pertinent statutory information from his Department when it applied for financial support; if he will release all correspondence and a record of all contact between SDCC and his Department and his ministerial predecessor; if he will meet with an association of residents (details supplied) who risk losing their conditioned open space; and if he will explain to them the reason they might lose their open space because public servants are not doing their job, not carrying out financial oversight, not keeping up with the challenging economic times and not taking into account that in the SDCC area there is a glut of empty and incomplete houses, that the statutory processes no longer apply and that all this is to be funded by the IMF-ECB, for which residents such as they will have to pay.
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113 Deputy Shane Ross asked 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.
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34 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Finance the process whereby the nominees as members of the expert investigation team to assist the Nyberg commission were made; the person who made the appointments; with whom did Mr. Nyberg consult on the appointments; on whose recommendation they were made; and the amount the team was paid collectively and individually.
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32 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide the names of the most highly paid officials in his Department over the past three years; the basic salaries paid to them; the bonuses paid to them; the expenses incurred by them; the details of any bonuses not paid to top officials for which they were eligible; if officials in his Department are better paid than equivalent grades in other Departments and the reason this is so and if he will continue this practice.
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172 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the commercial success or failure of Terminal Two at Dublin Airport; in view of its performance to date, his plans to reduce the remuneration of the DAA chief executive (details supplied).
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25 Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will launch a full investigation into malpractices in CIE following the Baker Tilly Report on Iarnród Éireann; his views that the CIE non-executive directors refused to attend meetings of the Joint Oireachtas Transport Committee in the 30th Dáil and if he will instruct them to do so; if he will provide a full breakdown of the expenses of CIE tours executives; and if he has satisfied himself with the use of the multimillion euro subsidy to CIE.
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Bill entitled an Act to ensure the provision of high quality and affordable broadband nationwide by setting given quality and uptake targets; to place duties upon the Minister as to the achievement of those targets; to specify reporting procedures to be taken if targets are not met; to establish a Broadband Network and Commission to facilitate the objectives of the Act; to reform certain regulations relating to the provision of broadband; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Bill entitled an Act to provide for the establishment of the Credit Union Savings Protection Company; to establish a statutory scheme for the protection of savings of members of Credit Unions; to establish arrangements for financial assistance to Credit Unions; and to provide for related matters
Bill entitled an Act to reform the law concerning mental capacity, to provide for informal decision-making on behalf of adult persons who lack capacity in certain circumstances, to establish a Guardianship Board which may appoint Personal Guardians to deal with the property, financial matters and welfare of adult persons who lack capacity, to confer jurisdiction on the High Court in certain matters, to provide for the establishment of the office of Public Guardian and to set out the functions and powers of the Public Guardian, to amend and repeal various enactments for this purpose, and for related matters
Bill entitled an Act to promote and protect the rights of persons with a disability, and, in particular to secure the fair, simple, speedy, and efficient resolution of complaints relating to infringements of those rights; to provide for the appointment of a Disability Commissioner to investigate complaints against persons or bodies who provide health or disability services; and to define the Commissioner's functions and powers; to provide for the establishment of a disability advocacy service; to provide for the promulgation of a code of disability rights and for the assessment by health boards of the needs of persons with a disability in accordance with the provisions of that code; and to provide for connected matters