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Pre-European Council Meeting on 8-9 December: Statements (30 Nov 2011)

Shane Ross: It is time for the Taoiseach to go out there-----

Pre-European Council Meeting on 8-9 December: Statements (30 Nov 2011)

Shane Ross: It is time for the Taoiseach to tell us where he stands on the treaty changes which are now in the air and being proposed.

Pre-European Council Meeting on 8-9 December: Statements (30 Nov 2011)

Shane Ross: Where does Ireland stand on them?

Pre-European Council Meeting on 8-9 December: Statements (30 Nov 2011)

Shane Ross: Where does Ireland stand on the referendums that are about to be dictated to us from Europe?

Pre-European Council Meeting on 8-9 December: Statements (30 Nov 2011)

Shane Ross: Are we in favour of treaty changes that involve us plunging into fiscal union?

Pre-European Council Meeting on 8-9 December: Statements (30 Nov 2011)

Shane Ross: In such circumstances, we would have to give up our sovereignty forever.

Pre-European Council Meeting on 8-9 December: Statements (30 Nov 2011)

Shane Ross: That is what faces us next week.

Pre-European Council Meeting on 8-9 December: Statements (30 Nov 2011)

Shane Ross: Having read this speech, I have no confidence that it was written in Dublin.

Pre-European Council Meeting on 8-9 December: Statements (30 Nov 2011)

Shane Ross: It reads like it was written in Europe.

Pre-European Council Meeting on 8-9 December: Statements (30 Nov 2011)

Shane Ross: None of them were mentioned in the Taoiseach's speech.

Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2011: Motion (1 Dec 2011)

Shane Ross: Like my colleagues, I am very reluctant to support this measure. If we go back to September 2008 we see that the initial decision - we still do not know exactly what happened behind closed doors - was dictated by a small group of bankers, probably four, who terrified the people inside the fortress of the Department of Finance on Merrion Street into giving way on this blanket guarantee. The...

An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An tUachtarán) 2011: An Dara Céim / Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2011: Second Stage (2 Dec 2011)

Shane Ross: I wish to share time with Deputy Catherine Murphy.

An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An tUachtarán) 2011: An Dara Céim / Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2011: Second Stage (2 Dec 2011)

Shane Ross: I congratulate my colleagues who drafted this Bill, particularly Deputy Murphy, and for the constructive way it has been approached by the Technical Group. It is very important this is done now. Time and again, throughout presidential elections, there have been complaints about the procedure for selecting candidates. Everybody has paid lip service to it, as has happened with the Government...

An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An tUachtarán) 2011: An Dara Céim / Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2011: Second Stage (2 Dec 2011)

Shane Ross: I thought we had 15 minutes each. I apologise.

An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An tUachtarán) 2011: An Dara Céim / Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2011: Second Stage (2 Dec 2011)

Shane Ross: I did not realise and I apologise. I find the Minister's reply disappointing, it is milk and water. I do not share the Government's view that all constitutional questions should go to a constitutional committee of some sort or a constitutional convention. From my experience in this House I regard all references of these matters to other committees or to other bodies as a way used by...

An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An tUachtarán) 2011: An Dara Céim / Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2011: Second Stage (2 Dec 2011)

Shane Ross: Except Deputy Finian McGrath.

An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An tUachtarán) 2011: An Dara Céim / Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2011: Second Stage (2 Dec 2011)

Shane Ross: Hear, hear.

Budget Statement 2012 (6 Dec 2011)

Shane Ross: There are elements of the budget which everybody in the House will welcome such as the universal social charge tax relief, income tax stability, research and development relief and mortgage interest relief, which mark a genuine effort by the Government to give some solace to people who are afflicted or vulnerable. I sometimes, but rarely, sympathise with the plight of the Government because,...

Budget Statement 2012 (6 Dec 2011)

Shane Ross: That is true because there was no vision. There was no idea of where we would be after two or three austerity budgets. What we do know is this: we know the budget deficit will be 3% of GDP and that we will still be in the eurozone, if the Minister gets his way. We also know - I agree with my friends on these benches on this point - that unemployment will still be at an unacceptable level....

Budget Statement 2012 (6 Dec 2011)

Shane Ross: Now, in a great flurry, we are talking about a reduction of only 50. Some of those are merely mergers, not to mention the ones created. The reduction in the number of quangos will be minuscule. However, there are opportunities here, which I could outline to the Taoiseach and about which I have talked in the House, to reduce the number of quangos to under 100 and the number of directors of...