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Seanad: Economic Competitiveness: Statements. (18 Oct 2007)

Shane Ross: ——people will not invest in this country.

Seanad: Economic Competitiveness: Statements. (18 Oct 2007)

Shane Ross: I am saying that and I will not take any lessons from Senator Callely on what I should or should not say in this House. Broadband is inadequate and its lack is bad for the people, big business and small business in particular. Senator Callely, who referred to small businesses, should know the lack of broadband is a terrible problem for them in Ireland.

Seanad: Economic Competitiveness: Statements. (18 Oct 2007)

Shane Ross: They never stop complaining about the lack of broadband because they cannot do business without it.

Seanad: Economic Competitiveness: Statements. (18 Oct 2007)

Shane Ross: It makes them non-competitive.

Seanad: Economic Competitiveness: Statements. (18 Oct 2007)

Shane Ross: In my last minute——

Seanad: Economic Competitiveness: Statements. (18 Oct 2007)

Shane Ross: As I will in one second.

Seanad: Economic Competitiveness: Statements. (18 Oct 2007)

Shane Ross: The IDA deserves great applause in respect of the International Financial Services Centre.

Seanad: Economic Competitiveness: Statements. (18 Oct 2007)

Shane Ross: There is no doubt that what it did in the IFSC against the odds was a tremendous achievement.

Seanad: Economic Competitiveness: Statements. (18 Oct 2007)

Shane Ross: However, the initiative was tax-based. We did not do it ourselves.

Seanad: Economic Competitiveness: Statements. (18 Oct 2007)

Shane Ross: Mr. Haughey, Dermot Desmond and others deserve full credit for it.

Seanad: Economic Competitiveness: Statements. (18 Oct 2007)

Shane Ross: Let us distinguish between the past, in which the IDA did a wonderful job that should be acknowledged, and the future, which presents dangers that the Government and IDA should consider a little more seriously and about which they should be a little less smug.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (25 Oct 2007)

Shane Ross: The issue I wish to raise has been addressed already by Senator Coghlan and Senator O'Toole, that is, Aer Lingus, the DAA and Shannon. This has wider implications for all Members of the House. What Aer Lingus does is not our business; it is out in the private sector. However, the Byzantine manoeuvres of civil servants, supposedly to protect their Ministers, could concern us. We debated...

Seanad: Work Permits (25 Oct 2007)

Shane Ross: I wish to raise the issue of the refusal of an employment permit to a person who, under Standing Orders, should not be named.

Seanad: Work Permits (25 Oct 2007)

Shane Ross: That is fine. A legitimate language school, the Dublin School of English, applied for a permit for one of its temporary employees to become a liaison officer. Management went through the necessary procedures, but was frustrated at all stages by bureaucracy in the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform. It began the procedures, which everyone knows are contorted, by applying for a...

Seanad: Work Permits (25 Oct 2007)

Shane Ross: I thank the Minister for his reply. I understand there are several precedents for this being waived and ask the Minister why it has not been waived in this case.

Seanad: Work Permits (25 Oct 2007)

Shane Ross: While I accept that, it reflects the poor service this House gets from Ministers. A Minister capable in his own remit is sent in and has to plead before us that the matter is not in his remit. The person taking the adjournment does not know the brief. It is not his fault, but he comes in to handle a brief about which he knows nothing. That is not a respectful way to behave towards this House.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2007)

Shane Ross: Senator Feeney addressed the issue that we tried to struggle with in the last session, the delicate balance between the freedom of the press and the privacy of the individual. Both points of view have a very strong case, and we certainly have not resolved it. It is important that we state that we abhor the intrusion on one's privacy by the press, for the obvious reason that we are all...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2007)

Shane Ross: That is exactly what the Senator ought to continue doing.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2007)

Shane Ross: I saw the Senator's car there on Monday.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2007)

Shane Ross: A big black Jaguar.