Results 421-440 of 19,173 for speaker:Shane Ross

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Oct 2004)

Shane Ross: He is still a Deputy. He did not have to resign.

Seanad: Schools of Music. (28 Oct 2004)

Shane Ross: I wish to raise the need for the Minister to give a guarantee of the future of the music school in Waterford Institute of Technology. The Minister will probably be aware of the very intense campaign that has been going on in Waterford over several months to keep the music school there open under a certain amount of internal and external pressure to close it. There are two issues, the first...

Seanad: Schools of Music. (28 Oct 2004)

Shane Ross: I thank the Minister of State for her reply. Is it possible for the Department to ring-fence funds for an establishment such as the Waterford IT, specifically for an internal element of that establishment, in this case the music school, and are there any precedents for such ring-fencing?

Seanad: Order of Business. (3 Nov 2004)

Shane Ross: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Nov 2004)

Shane Ross: Does Senator O'Toole have a question for the Leader?

Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Nov 2004)

Shane Ross: I rise to resist the provocation regarding Trinity College, which came from the left.

Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Nov 2004)

Shane Ross: I do not intend to respond to that——

Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Nov 2004)

Shane Ross: ——except to anticipate a responsible and public spirited attitude of co-operation from the powers that be, if that is necessary. I do not believe there is any doubt about that.

Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Nov 2004)

Shane Ross: When one realises that UCD has only been open for 150 years we will do what we can for it.

Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Nov 2004)

Shane Ross: A debate on transport is a fine idea and absolutely necessary. However, the Minister for Transport, Deputy Cullen, could be occupied in this House for a long time. We should not restrict the debate to the Luas. Some serious questions have to be answered but there has been a continuous failure to do so. They concern the other two major problems in this area, namely, Aer Rianta and Aer Lingus....

Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Nov 2004)

Shane Ross: I see nothing wrong with agreeing with Senator Ryan or with being the richest country in Europe.

Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Nov 2004)

Shane Ross: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Nov 2004)

Shane Ross: I know I will be accused of time-wasting if I have not. Will the Leader provide time for a debate on An Post? There is a threat of a serious industrial dispute in An Post which will bring the postal service to a go-slow, if not a halt, coming up to Christmas. It would be useful to study this company which is the worst-run State body. I not only blame the trade unions as An Post is a case of...

Seanad: Public Transport in the Greater Dublin Area: Statements. (9 Nov 2004)

Shane Ross: I thank Senator Paddy Burke for his courtesy. It is fashionable and easy to bellyache about public transport and people will do so whenever they are in Opposition. Ministers for Transport are easy targets and they have a very difficult job. I agree with much of what Senator Ormonde said about the improvements which have taken place in transport in the Dublin area in recent times. Not...

Seanad: Public Transport in the Greater Dublin Area: Statements. (9 Nov 2004)

Shane Ross: I am sorry I accepted Senator Burke's time.

Seanad: Public Transport in the Greater Dublin Area: Statements. (9 Nov 2004)

Shane Ross: No, that is not correct. Dublin University is not in my constituency. The graduates of Dublin University are my constituents. It would be very wrong if we decided, willy-nilly, to excise some of that territory without the co-operation and agreement of Dublin University. We have to be careful that modern transport does not interfere with the great heritage we are privileged to have. When I was...

Seanad: Public Transport in the Greater Dublin Area: Statements. (9 Nov 2004)

Shane Ross: They were cheaper as well. People used them and gave Mr. O'Sullivan the sort of mandate small private competitors need in this area against the great monopolies. The Minister should have the courage — the former Minister, Deputy Brennan, hesitated too much — to insist on competition with CIE, not on one or two particular routes but on all routes because that will benefit CIE also. One...

Seanad: Tax Code: Motion. (10 Nov 2004)

Shane Ross: I welcome the Minister. I was about to criticise the fatuousness of debating a motion of this sort because Government motions are often used as platforms for self-congratulation and the Opposition merely goes through the motions in opposing them. That the Government has produced a motion of this sort and that it has been seriously addressed by the Minister for Finance is a welcome...

Seanad: Tax Code: Motion. (10 Nov 2004)

Shane Ross: Senator Dardis was not there and no doubt he would have been extremely uncomfortable there, as were many of the people who were. The Minister said that the tax system we have had, which was somehow a revelation to Fianna Fáil and everybody else in 1993-94, is working. I am open to contradiction but he said that low taxes give jobs and create prosperity. He said it himself, which I thought...

Seanad: Tax Code: Motion. (10 Nov 2004)

Shane Ross: I think Senator Dardis can live with it too. He is showing great art of compromise in this area. I wish to sound a note of warning of a dark cloud on the horizon — the issue of the public sector and public sector pay. Not long ago the public service rolled all over the Government and achieved benchmarking which caused some controversy in this House. It cost a lot of money and I think...