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Seanad: Budget Statement 2006: Motion (6 Dec 2006)

Shane Ross: No, it is not just because we are building houses.

Seanad: Budget Statement 2006: Motion (6 Dec 2006)

Shane Ross: It is not that.

Seanad: Budget Statement 2006: Motion (6 Dec 2006)

Shane Ross: I have seven minutes remaining.

Seanad: Budget Statement 2006: Motion (6 Dec 2006)

Shane Ross: Perhaps the Minister of State will give me a little of his time.

Seanad: Budget Statement 2006: Motion (6 Dec 2006)

Shane Ross: Our economic growth can be attributed to the Government's consistent resistance of attempts to increase the 12.5% corporation tax rate. That is the principal reason this economy is in such an incredibly strong position. I applaud both parties in the Government for that.

Seanad: Budget Statement 2006: Motion (6 Dec 2006)

Shane Ross: The Opposition should give the Government credit for its approach, which ensured it had so much money to give away today.

Seanad: Budget Statement 2006: Motion (6 Dec 2006)

Shane Ross: Heckling is particularly——

Seanad: Budget Statement 2006: Motion (6 Dec 2006)

Shane Ross: Fine Gael proposes to go into coalition with a party that is allied to the trade unions, which want to increase the rate of corporation tax to 20%. It will come under such pressure all the time. That is its promise.

Seanad: Budget Statement 2006: Motion (6 Dec 2006)

Shane Ross: I want to discuss the issue of stamp duty.

Seanad: Budget Statement 2006: Motion (6 Dec 2006)

Shane Ross: I will have to get injury time from the Leas-Chathaoirleach.

Seanad: Budget Statement 2006: Motion (6 Dec 2006)

Shane Ross: Stamp duty is one of the most controversial issues to be raised in this budget. The effect of stamp duty, which is undoubtedly a tax, is difficult to explain to people. The cheap and obvious political thing to do would be to abolish it in respect of first-time buyers. We need to explain this complicated issue to people, rather than mislead them. The decision taken by the Government today...

Seanad: Budget Statement 2006: Motion (6 Dec 2006)

Shane Ross: I would like to make a plea, which stems from my disappointment in one respect, before I give the Minister of State a chance to endorse what I have said, which he will undoubtedly do. While the Government has used the tax regime to give tremendous encouragement to multinationals, it has missed an opportunity in this budget to allow for a free-for-all on broadband. I thought the Government...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2006)

Shane Ross: I endorse everything said by Senators O'Toole, Brian Hayes and Ormonde about last night's edition of "Prime Time Investigates". The programme was pretty raw in that it obviously revealed an unregulated industry running riot among first-time buyers or any buyers or any of the most vulnerable people when they wish to make the largest investment of their lives. I was not surprised by the...

Seanad: Death of Former Members: Expressions of Sympathy (31 Jan 2007)

Shane Ross: Former Senator Yeats was extraordinarily self-effacing, a quality that is rare in this House. It is most unusual for politicians to have this quality and to survive with it intact. It is a tribute to the respect in which he was held by his fellows and the people that he survived. We could all learn a lesson from this if we were honest. Senator Yeats was complex and full of contradictions,...

Seanad: Death of Former Members: Expressions of Sympathy (31 Jan 2007)

Shane Ross: Like the Cathaoirleach and possibly only Senators O'Rourke and Ryan, I served with Seán O'Leary for the short period he was a Member of this House in the 1980s. While I agree with Senator Brian Hayes that one of his most distinguishing characteristics was that he was unparalleled on the logistics of politics such as the minutiae of elections and constituencies and was extraordinarily...

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 Jan 2007)

Shane Ross: I formally second Senator Norris's amendment to the Order of Business. The fact that there will be two votes on the Order of Business, and several more, is indicative of the fact that peace is not breaking out in this House. I endorse the calls by Senator John Paul Phelan and Ryan for a debate on infrastructure. Senator Mansergh also touched on it when he sought a debate on the national...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2007)

Shane Ross: Some time ago Independent Senators tabled a motion which was agreed by the House and which resulted in a commission on auctioneering being established.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2007)

Shane Ross: The commission reported approximately two years ago, following which legislation was supposed to be introduced. Can the Leader of the House say is the status of that legislation? What programme is proposed and will it be forthcoming before the Dáil is dissolved? Two current issues make that legislation urgent. One is yesterday's press report of a group of auctioneers announcing they...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2007)

Shane Ross: Now that I am a member of the auctioneering profession, I offer my services to the nation at a reduced fee.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2007)

Shane Ross: No other Member of this House will do so.