Results 1,001-1,020 of 19,173 for speaker:Shane Ross
- Seanad: Roads Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Mar 2007)
Shane Ross: I had to listen to the Minister speaking on "Morning Ireland" telling a whole pack ofââ
- Seanad: Roads Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Mar 2007)
Shane Ross: I am sure part of that language is unknown to this House.
- Seanad: Roads Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Mar 2007)
Shane Ross: I am glad the Minister has kept his cool temperament as always.
- Seanad: Roads Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Mar 2007)
Shane Ross: I had to listen to the Minister the other day on "Morning Ireland" when asked a question on a demand management report which is being done on the M50. In characteristic ebullient style he did not answer the question. What is happening on the M50 is a piece of sleight of hand and it very cunning. It is purely and simply designed to pacify an enraged electorate. That is the reason I pointed...
- Seanad: Roads Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Mar 2007)
Shane Ross: I will sit down while the Minister interrupts.
- Seanad: Roads Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Mar 2007)
Shane Ross: I thank the Chair.
- Seanad: Roads Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Mar 2007)
Shane Ross: One could never rile the Minister, he is a picture of calm and sobriety all the time. It is not a problem. The difficulty about what I had to listen to from the Minister that day was this: it is all very well coming out with fanfares and sending one's press office with messages to the media that he was going to open the West Link toll bridge, which he did last January and again in recent...
- Seanad: Roads Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Mar 2007)
Shane Ross: The Minister is writing out a cheque for almost â¬1,000 million for this already.
- Seanad: Roads Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Mar 2007)
Shane Ross: The Minister is.
- Seanad: Roads Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Mar 2007)
Shane Ross: I thank the Chair.
- Seanad: Roads Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Mar 2007)
Shane Ross: I promise I will not interrupt him. The Minister will have a chance to reply to me. The cheque will be for â¬50 million every year for 12 years. That is my understanding.
- Seanad: Roads Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Mar 2007)
Shane Ross: That is â¬600 million.
- Seanad: Roads Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Mar 2007)
Shane Ross: That is also linked to the cost of living.
- Seanad: Roads Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Mar 2007)
Shane Ross: Neither I nor the Minister know what that will be between now and 2020. At the rate at which the Government is going, with the highest inflation rate in Europe, it will much nearer to â¬1,000 million than to â¬600 million.
- Seanad: Roads Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Mar 2007)
Shane Ross: What the Minister could doââ
- Seanad: Roads Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Mar 2007)
Shane Ross: It is a very limited chance but I will continue if I may.
- Seanad: Roads Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Mar 2007)
Shane Ross: I thank the Chairman. I apologise to the Minister if I angered him. It was not my intention to do so. I still need to put a couple of things on the record which he may find somewhat unpalatable. In order to ensure that does not happen again I will try to make my remarks as milk-and-watery as possible. Having listened to him on "Morning Ireland" that day I heard a question being put to...
- Seanad: Roads Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Mar 2007)
Shane Ross: I did not say it was a condition laid down by the Minister.
- Seanad: Roads Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Mar 2007)
Shane Ross: The Minister is not at some Fianna Fáil local parish meetingââ
- Seanad: Roads Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Mar 2007)
Shane Ross: ââbut is in one of the Houses of the Oireachtas and he ought to behave as though he had the dignity of a Cabinet Minister and that he is in the House.