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Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2008)

Shane Ross: The social partners are deeply embedded in the institutions of the State. It is not just a matter of them meeting the Taoiseach and telling him what to do, which they do anyway. Let me quote the example that has come up recently. Who is on the board of FÁS? There are four members of social partnership from the one side and four members on the other side, indulged, allowed, ignorant,...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2008)

Shane Ross: Senator Cassidy's friends in Ryanair are not even in IBEC.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2008)

Shane Ross: And it is not in the social partnership.

Seanad: Banking Sector Regulation (18 Dec 2008)

Shane Ross: I thank the Cathaoirleach for allowing me to raise this important matter, namely, the need for the Minister for Finance to outline the plans he has, if any, to put pressure on banks to make more funds available to small businesses. I do not know whether the Minister of State is aware that the Joint Committee on Finance and the Public Service met representatives of the banks, the Small...

Seanad: Banking Sector Regulation (18 Dec 2008)

Shane Ross: I ask the following question in view of the fact that the Minister of State has said nothing and I will give evidence for that. Phrases such as "The Tánaiste has been in regular contact", "Institutions have been asked to consider", "They are in discussions", "The Government is well aware" and "focus", which appears twice, mean nothing. The Minister of State says the Government will...

Seanad: Banking Sector Regulation (18 Dec 2008)

Shane Ross: It is a question.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2008)

Shane Ross: I wish to add a few words to concentrate the minds on what happened last night. I gather that the Labour Party spokesman on finance has asked for a meeting of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Finance and the Public Service on Monday to question the Financial Regulator and maybe others. This House should support that call, even though it is for Monday. Senator Healy Eames touched upon this...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2008)

Shane Ross: ——that those responsible for it took the rap. We have a very serious situation which many Members of this House are very happy to ignore because the appalling vista of removing the Financial Regulator, which is necessary, is one that people are not prepared to tackle in the present circumstances. It is essential and we should do it. We should debate it and support the Labour Party's...

Seanad: Anglo Irish Bank Corporation Bill 2009: Second Stage (20 Jan 2009)

Shane Ross: I wish to share my time equally with Senators Quinn and O'Toole.

Seanad: Anglo Irish Bank Corporation Bill 2009: Second Stage (20 Jan 2009)

Shane Ross: I was unfortunate enough to attend the extraordinary general meeting of Anglo Irish Bank last Friday as a very small shareholder and wish to say something about it in the limited time available. It was Irish corporate life at its worst. I spent today in the City of London where some people were aware of what had happened. The message sent to the City of London from that meeting was...

Seanad: Anglo Irish Bank Corporation Bill 2009: Second Stage (20 Jan 2009)

Shane Ross: I am just finishing. The new appointee is a man who sat as part of the old guard of Irish banking for many years. It is an extraordinarily bad appointment because the message is coming through that a former chief executive of Bank of Ireland who also is a director of DCC and stood foursquare behind someone who was found to have engaged in insider dealing has been rewarded by being put in a...

Seanad: Anglo Irish Bank Corporation Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Jan 2009)

Shane Ross: I support this amendment, but I deeply regret that it is necessary. One of the problems is that it should not be necessary to have an investigator. However, it is necessary because we are not being told anything about what has been occurring. To a large extent, this debate is taking place in a vacuum. People are outraged at the result but they do not know why it has occurred. Today in...

Seanad: Anglo Irish Bank Corporation Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Jan 2009)

Shane Ross: It is far worse for me.

Seanad: Economic Situation: Statements (27 Jan 2009)

Shane Ross: I thank Senator O'Toole for sharing his time with me. The idea of a recovery bond, which has just been mentioned, is an imaginative one. That is the way we should be thinking but the Minister of State's speech, and that of Senator MacSharry, was somewhat calm, lacking in urgency and, to a great extent, too complacent. The Minister of State should read the article on bonds in today's...

Seanad: Alternative Energy Projects (29 Jan 2009)

Shane Ross: The matter I raise is the need for the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to improve existing methods of carbon emissions reduction and support the development of alternative methods. It may surprise the Minister to learn that I have received a large number of representations recently about the slow development of alternative methods of energy generation. This is...

Seanad: Alternative Energy Projects (29 Jan 2009)

Shane Ross: That is one of the most outrageous performances I have ever come across on the Adjournment. I think the Minister does not understand the protocol here. Ministers usually read a speech that is written before they hear a Senator's question and then sit down. I am being facetious. I am grateful to the Minister for the fact that he actually listened to what I had to say and responded to it,...

Seanad: Alternative Energy Projects (29 Jan 2009)

Shane Ross: Would that not slow things up?

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2009)

Shane Ross: It is welcome we in this House have suddenly and belatedly developed a sense of urgency about the economy, especially those on the Government side who for so long — this is a political Chamber where it is perfectly justifiable to make political points — fiddled around in talks that have come to nothing, brought us in to discuss matters in a vacuum and now suddenly realise we are in a...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2009)

Shane Ross: It is not mine, as I do not have one. A great deal of political capital has been sunk into Government by the permission of someone else. When one does not get the permission, one does not know what to do. I do not say that as someone who is critical of social partnership. What happened last night has been an incredible shock to the Government because it presumed, as did everyone else,...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2009)

Shane Ross: They are getting it on condition that the whole lot of them clear out, go for their tea and go somewhere else.