Results 861-880 of 19,173 for speaker:Shane Ross
- Seanad: Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (16 May 2006)
Shane Ross: As the Progressive Democrats do in all cases.
- Seanad: Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (16 May 2006)
Shane Ross: It is because they are the Senator's constituents.
- Seanad: Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (16 May 2006)
Shane Ross: Senator Dardis is a nominee of the Taoiseach. He got in through the back door but he hopes local public representatives might be his constituents in the future.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (17 May 2006)
Shane Ross: I refer to an important issue that has been raised so many times that I am tired of raising it. The British Prime Minister made a speech on nuclear waste and nuclear energy last night. In the height of arrogance in dealing with the Irish republic, he decided to approve another generation of nuclear plants in the United Kingdom. This morning the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (17 May 2006)
Shane Ross: Yes.
- Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (2 Jun 2006)
Shane Ross: I thank Senator Norris for sharing time. I wish to state how enormously relieved all Members, not least the Minister, are at the result of the case. To some extent, we are speaking in a vacuum because neither the Minister nor his officials know the grounds on which the Supreme Court made its judgment, whether this will be followed by a series of attempts by others to be released or whether...
- Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (2 Jun 2006)
Shane Ross: This legislation is flawed, because age-related legislation is, almost by definition, flawed. It is unfashionable to use age as a criterion when deciding on many issues and this applies particularly to older people in relation to driving and so on â ageism is frequently condemned. However, regarding young people, we need to consider the issue. The Minister has a difficulty because we...
- Seanad: Housing Policy: Motion. (7 Jun 2006)
Shane Ross: I wish to share time with Senator Norris.
- Seanad: Housing Policy: Motion. (7 Jun 2006)
Shane Ross: I do not understand how anybody with sympathy for the young people of this country could disagree with the sentiments expressed in the motion. It is one of the great problems of the success of the Celtic tiger that the property market has taken off to such an extent that so many people cannot afford to buy houses. It is an issue the Government has been unable to address successfully. The...
- Seanad: Social Partnership Agreement: Motion. (21 Jun 2006)
Shane Ross: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Social Partnership Agreement: Motion. (21 Jun 2006)
Shane Ross: I hate to break the consensus that seems to exist in this House.
- Seanad: Social Partnership Agreement: Motion. (21 Jun 2006)
Shane Ross: I am suspicious of the consensus on this issue because so many people, including Charlie McCreevy, John Bruton and others had been sceptical of social partnership until they got into Government. It seems that people change their minds when they get into Government and I suspect it is a convenient tool for Government but not necessarily a good one for the country. What has been sincerely...
- Seanad: Social Partnership Agreement: Motion. (21 Jun 2006)
Shane Ross: I suggest that in the main it is not true at all.
- Seanad: Social Partnership Agreement: Motion. (21 Jun 2006)
Shane Ross: The reason people say this is that it is a great way of patting ourselves on the back for the economic success that has taken place. The economic success has got far more to do with two other factors â the great decision taken byDonogh O'Malley more than 40 years ago to have free education, a magnificent decision; and the other, which is less palatable to this House, is the incoming...
- Seanad: Social Partnership Agreement: Motion. (21 Jun 2006)
Shane Ross: Precisely.
- Seanad: Social Partnership Agreement: Motion. (21 Jun 2006)
Shane Ross: The extraordinary peculiar and inconvenient fact about that is that the multinationals are not represented at the social partnership talks. They do not have anybody at the talks. The engine of the economy has nobody at the talks. They have contempt for the talks, they do not abide by the wage agreement and do not have anything to do with it. They pay their people in a completely different...
- Seanad: Social Partnership Agreement: Motion. (21 Jun 2006)
Shane Ross: The other point about democracy is that we should ask who these people represent. Both IBEC and ICTU are imposters. IBEC does not represent business. Senator Feighan said he was not represented by IBEC, he has a small business. IBEC represents all the big banks and the semi-States. They are their principal paymasters and the people who are pulling the strings. ISME is not represented. Who do...
- Seanad: Social Partnership Agreement: Motion. (21 Jun 2006)
Shane Ross: ââevery day are looking to their unions to see them negotiate their deals in Government Buildings. They do not give two hoots about this deal but these two imposters go to Government Buildings and negotiate much more than a pay deal. Senator Cox eloquently broadened the agenda enormously to include housing, old age and education. These people are not only negotiating a pay deal, they are...
- Seanad: Social Partnership Agreement: Motion. (21 Jun 2006)
Shane Ross: That goes through every single area of the public service.
- Seanad: Social Partnership Agreement: Motion. (21 Jun 2006)
Shane Ross: That is a cheap jibe.