Results 581-600 of 19,173 for speaker:Shane Ross
- Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Apr 2005)
Shane Ross: Correct. That is exactly what I would like.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Apr 2005)
Shane Ross: I thank the Cathaoirleach for helping me on that point. As Senator Brian Hayes rightly said, this came out in a question and answer session after the Irish Management Institute conference. The Minister did not say it in his speech. He waffled in his speech at the conference in the same way as he did here but when he was asked questions by Olivia O'Leary he spouted it all out. The whole plan...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Apr 2005)
Shane Ross: They will have to.
- Seanad: Business of Seanad. (4 May 2005)
Shane Ross: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (4 May 2005)
Shane Ross: I ask the Leader if we can have a debate on public service pay.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (4 May 2005)
Shane Ross: I do not know how much Senator O'Toole gets from the public service, but it is a lot more than I do.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (4 May 2005)
Shane Ross: The commissioner, Senator O'Toole, wishes to interrupt.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (4 May 2005)
Shane Ross: If Senator O'Toole wishes to interrupt, perhaps the Chairman could ask if he is interrupting in his capacity as a commissioner or as a Senator.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (4 May 2005)
Shane Ross: Public service pay should be debated. There is another benchmarking deal due in 2007 and that is a serious issue.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (4 May 2005)
Shane Ross: This will be a serious issue because it will be thrust upon us once again without debate. The House should have a debate on benchmarking before the event, rather than afterwards.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (4 May 2005)
Shane Ross: We have never had a debate in advance of the benchmarking deals. The issue is also important because there is a serious problem in the public service at the present time around benchmarking. The problem arises because certain public servants have not delivered on the performance targets that were set under the previous agreement. I call on the Minister for Finance to come into the House to...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (5 May 2005)
Shane Ross: It was not the first time.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (5 May 2005)
Shane Ross: I would like to positively respond to a point made by Senators O'Toole and Terry. The ESRI report addressed a very important point. Senator O'Toole's point that the private sector was costing â¬1.5 billion in relief to taxpayers should be debated. This debate would address the pensions industry. It is very easy to say that â¬1.5 billion is being lost to the Exchequer, which is undoubtedly...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (5 May 2005)
Shane Ross: I am seeking a debate on this issue. I am asking the Leader to respond to my request for a debate. All the people I mentioned are making a fortune out of the pensions pie. If these people took less, and they have a vested interest in this industry's continuance, there would be much more money available for the taxpayer and the â¬1.5 billion would be substantially reduced every year.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (10 May 2005)
Shane Ross: I take up the suggestion that the Leader send a message of congratulations to Mr. Tony Blair but it should be more than a token message of congratulations. The Leader should take the opportunity to include a caveat on Sellafield. Senator Ryan raised this constant problem. We tend to throw shapes at this problem when a crisis arises or when there are difficulties or danger, but then we let it...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (11 May 2005)
Shane Ross: I am somewhat dazzled by the vision on my right.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (11 May 2005)
Shane Ross: The issue of Aer Rianta has been raised by Senators Ryan, Coghlan and Morrissey and other Senators. A serious aspect of this matter is that what is happening is unknown to Members of this House. We should debate this issue now and not next week or the week after when a deal has been cooked up between politicians, trade unions and other businesses. If we debate this after an agreement is made...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (11 May 2005)
Shane Ross: There is a nominal Minister for Transport.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (11 May 2005)
Shane Ross: There is no reason the man who is pulling the strings of the public should not come in hereââ
- Seanad: Order of Business. (11 May 2005)
Shane Ross: ââand answer questions on the issue involved. We should not have statements with the Minister after the event. It is a serious situation because the future of Dublin Airport is not based on the effect on future generations on this country, but on half a dozen seats in north Dublin. It is a scandal that is the deciding factor in the issue.