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An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An tUachtarán) 2011: An Dara Céim / Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2011: Second Stage (2 Dec 2011)

Shane Ross: Except Deputy Finian McGrath.

An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An tUachtarán) 2011: An Dara Céim / Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2011: Second Stage (2 Dec 2011)

Shane Ross: Hear, hear.

Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2011: Motion (1 Dec 2011)

Shane Ross: Like my colleagues, I am very reluctant to support this measure. If we go back to September 2008 we see that the initial decision - we still do not know exactly what happened behind closed doors - was dictated by a small group of bankers, probably four, who terrified the people inside the fortress of the Department of Finance on Merrion Street into giving way on this blanket guarantee. The...

Pre-European Council Meeting on 8-9 December: Statements (30 Nov 2011)

Shane Ross: Hear, hear.

Pre-European Council Meeting on 8-9 December: Statements (30 Nov 2011)

Shane Ross: I share the views expressed by Deputies on this side, particularly those expressed in reaction to the Taoiseach's speech. His statement could have been written by someone in the European Commission, President Sarkozy, Chancellor Merkel or someone else in Europe.

Pre-European Council Meeting on 8-9 December: Statements (30 Nov 2011)

Shane Ross: The Taoiseach's speech reads as if it were written by a eurocrat rather than someone from Ireland. It reads as an apologia for a Government that will go into next week's meeting and hoist the white flag. It reads as if it were written by someone who will not wear the green jersey, as I urge him to do, when he attends the European Council meeting on 9 December. It is important that we stop...

Pre-European Council Meeting on 8-9 December: Statements (30 Nov 2011)

Shane Ross: It would go to an external European body. We do not know what that body is, or where it is. It also means the possibility of a European finance minister.

Pre-European Council Meeting on 8-9 December: Statements (30 Nov 2011)

Shane Ross: This idea has been floated. We should have heard the Taoiseach's ideas on this in his speech.

Pre-European Council Meeting on 8-9 December: Statements (30 Nov 2011)

Shane Ross: What is Ireland's view on that? The Taoiseach's speech lacked any commitment to any policies or detail of any sort.

Pre-European Council Meeting on 8-9 December: Statements (30 Nov 2011)

Shane Ross: It is full of aspirations. It is full of rhubarb. I can read some of it to the Taoiseach. It is full of talk about "solidarity" with our European partners. I do not want the Taoiseach to go out there to show solidarity with our European partners.

Pre-European Council Meeting on 8-9 December: Statements (30 Nov 2011)

Shane Ross: I want the Taoiseach to go out there to represent Ireland, in the interests of the Irish people.

Pre-European Council Meeting on 8-9 December: Statements (30 Nov 2011)

Shane Ross: I want President Sarkozy and Chancellor Merkel to say "this is a man we respect and we listen to".

Pre-European Council Meeting on 8-9 December: Statements (30 Nov 2011)

Shane Ross: I want the Taoiseach to go out there and say, "If you do not play ball with us, we will not agree to fiscal union".

Pre-European Council Meeting on 8-9 December: Statements (30 Nov 2011)

Shane Ross: That is what is important.

Pre-European Council Meeting on 8-9 December: Statements (30 Nov 2011)

Shane Ross: I expect the Taoiseach to surrender to European diktats from Chancellor Merkel and President Sarkozy on 9 December next.

Pre-European Council Meeting on 8-9 December: Statements (30 Nov 2011)

Shane Ross: The Taoiseach can explain in his reply why that will happen.

Pre-European Council Meeting on 8-9 December: Statements (30 Nov 2011)

Shane Ross: The Taoiseach will have an opportunity to reply.

Pre-European Council Meeting on 8-9 December: Statements (30 Nov 2011)

Shane Ross: In his reply, he can tell us why President Sarkozy and Chancellor Merkel are constantly dictating to us what is good for Ireland.

Pre-European Council Meeting on 8-9 December: Statements (30 Nov 2011)

Shane Ross: It is time for the Taoiseach to go out there-----

Pre-European Council Meeting on 8-9 December: Statements (30 Nov 2011)

Shane Ross: It is time for the Taoiseach to tell us where he stands on the treaty changes which are now in the air and being proposed.