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Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (14 Apr 2016)

Shane Ross: One of the reasons we are abstaining is that we do not like receiving ultimatums from any party that we should vote one way today or it will get off the pitch. We do not respond to that. As a result of this, of the activities which are going on and of the refusal of one party to recognise the rights of the other, we will be abstaining from this vote and withdrawing from the talks between...

Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (14 Apr 2016)

Shane Ross: As the House will be aware, as in the case of other Independent Deputies, the Independent Alliance has been in discussions with both the Fine Gael Party and the Fianna Fáil Party for many weeks. Most of those discussions have been constructive and useful and, in some cases, progressive. Progress is being made. We are getting used to being love-bombed by both parties. The problem,...

Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (6 Apr 2016)

Shane Ross: It seems to me that what is happening in the Dáil this evening is a microcosm of what has been happening in Irish politics for a very long time. We are debating the creation of a Government, which is possibly the most important thing we could be debating in the next five years. We have curtailed debate on that to 30 minutes. We curtailed the speeches to five minutes and other speeches...

Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (6 Apr 2016)

Shane Ross: Who said that?

Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (6 Apr 2016)

Shane Ross: On a point of order-----

Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (6 Apr 2016)

Shane Ross: Can the time be extended with limits-----

Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (6 Apr 2016)

Shane Ross: I am proposing that it be amended-----

Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (6 Apr 2016)

Shane Ross: -----to allow remaining speakers to make their speeches.

Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (6 Apr 2016)

Shane Ross: Members of other groups should be allowed to make their contributions.

Business of Dáil (22 Mar 2016)

Shane Ross: On behalf of the Independent Alliance, I join previous speakers in expressing our condolences to the two families involved in the tragedy in Buncrana. The number of deaths is utterly devastating for the people of the area and the nation, although it should be noted that one or two heroes have emerged from the tragedy - the man who rescued the baby and the father whose last words were so...

Nomination of Taoiseach (10 Mar 2016)

Shane Ross: It is very important that we recognise something revolutionary that has happened. We welcome the result of this election. The result is not a problem; it is a solution. It is a message that the shape of politics in this country has changed forever. It is a message that Fine Gael and other major parties cannot simply unite to block radical reform in this country. We in the...

Nomination of Taoiseach (10 Mar 2016)

Shane Ross: I join in welcoming your selection and appointment, a Cheann Comhairle.

Nomination of Taoiseach (10 Mar 2016)

Shane Ross: I wish you well, as do all members of the Independent Alliance. At this stage, we do not feel that we can possibly support any candidate who has been proposed for Taoiseach.

Nomination of Taoiseach (10 Mar 2016)

Shane Ross: That may be difficult for those on this side to take.

Nomination of Taoiseach (10 Mar 2016)

Shane Ross: I thank the Government for their tolerance. The issue here, as Deputies on this side of the House have raised, is something which we should welcome but which surprises us. We welcome the fact that, on all sides of this House, they are converts to political reform but where did this come from? We got a message from the electorate which was very strong and very definite. It was particularly...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Administration (3 Feb 2016)

Shane Ross: 75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria she has used to decide on the location of the proposed new secondary school in Firhouse Old Bawn in Dublin 24; the proposed catchment area for this new school; if it will be an Educate Together secondary school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4494/16]

Joint Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Statements (28 Jan 2016)

Shane Ross: I have six seconds left. The inquiry was established to crucify Fianna Fáil. It could not and did not do so, and it backfired on those who established it. We Members of the House have not earned the public's trust by making findings of the sort that should be required of us.

Joint Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Statements (28 Jan 2016)

Shane Ross: With the permission of the House, I wish to share time with Deputy Donnelly. This debate marks the departure, and possibly the last speeches and contributions, of two of the most eloquent Members of this House that I can remember. Deputy Higgins's contribution to the banking inquiry was unmatched. His contributions to the workings of this House over the years - many of which, of course,...

Standing Orders: Motion (28 Jan 2016)

Shane Ross: I find these reforms laughable. It is utterly absurd, at the end of this Government's tenure, to introduce gestures towards reform of the Dáil which it could have introduced at the beginning of its term. They are obviously easy to introduce and they can be introduced and passed in a few minutes, but they were not done before now because the heart of the Government was never in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (27 Jan 2016)

Shane Ross: 164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 147 of 20 January 2016 in respect of a date for sanctioning an extension to a school (details supplied) in County Dublin, if the project will be given the go-ahead by next month or as soon as possible for the completion of the expenditure profiling exercise and if the subsequent final permission will be...