Results 16,061-16,080 of 19,173 for speaker:Shane Ross
- Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Feb 2013)
Shane Ross: No, it is not.
- Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Feb 2013)
Shane Ross: VĂ³tail.
- Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Feb 2013)
Shane Ross: No, we have not agreed.
- Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Feb 2013)
Shane Ross: The first sentence of the motion mentions the danger of imminent humiliation of the country at the hands of the European Central Bank if we agree to a deal which does not include a write-off. I do not know what deal we will get in the next few weeks or in the next hour, but my guess is that this House and this country will be humiliated by midnight.
- Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Feb 2013)
Shane Ross: This debate, which is one of the most important in the history of the State, has been marked by a great deal of interruption and some frivolous remarks which, I inform Deputy Durkan, have nothing to do with the debate.
- Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Feb 2013)
Shane Ross: Some of the most shallow remarks have come from those on the Government side who have reduced themselves to insulting Members on the Opposition side who have presented an opinion with which they do not agree but which they have not countered. I accept from those remarks-----
- Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Feb 2013)
Shane Ross: Deputy Durkan, would you be quiet for a moment, please?
- Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Feb 2013)
Shane Ross: You are the emptiest vessel in this House. The noisiest-----
- Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Feb 2013)
Shane Ross: Deputy Durkan, you are the emptiest vessel in this House.
- Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Feb 2013)
Shane Ross: To their credit, some of your colleagues - Deputy O'Donnell, for example - produced an extremely thoughtful speech about the dangers of risk. I congratulate him.
- Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Feb 2013)
Shane Ross: He took the debate seriously. He did not come to the House just to interrupt speakers.
- Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Feb 2013)
Shane Ross: I am grateful to him for doing that, but others have treated the debate as trivial. It should be noted, Deputy Durkan - while you are here - that there were more civil servants in the House than members of Fine Gael for most of last night's debate-----
- Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Feb 2013)
Shane Ross: -----so let us see how seriously you treat this subject.
- Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Feb 2013)
Shane Ross: Why is it important?
- Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Feb 2013)
Shane Ross: The rules of the House-----
- Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Feb 2013)
Shane Ross: On a point of order-----
- Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Feb 2013)
Shane Ross: Why is the Minister of State allowed to conclude?
- Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Feb 2013)
Shane Ross: Why is the Minister of State allowed to enter the Chamber and go over time?
- Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Feb 2013)
Shane Ross: On a point of order, why is the Minister of State allowed to go outside-----
- Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Feb 2013)
Shane Ross: Why is he allowed to go over time?