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

Shane Ross: Where does Ireland stand on them?

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

Shane Ross: Where does Ireland stand on the referendums that are about to be dictated to us from Europe?

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

Shane Ross: Are we in favour of treaty changes that involve us plunging into fiscal union?

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

Shane Ross: In such circumstances, we would have to give up our sovereignty forever.

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

Shane Ross: That is what faces us next week.

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

Shane Ross: Having read this speech, I have no confidence that it was written in Dublin.

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

Shane Ross: It reads like it was written in Europe.

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

Shane Ross: None of them were mentioned in the Taoiseach's speech.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2011)

Shane Ross: I would like to return the debate to the subject of the Bill. I assume that the purpose of this Bill is to bring in the action the constitutional amendment which we passed recently. I was somewhat staggered to find out that judges were not subject to any kind of Government curtailment and that they had never been so. I had always presumed this and I was absolutely staggered by the fact...

Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2011)

Shane Ross: I join with my colleagues, Deputies Martin and Adams, in expressing my sympathy to the Taoiseach on the recent bereavement in his family and to thank him for being in the Chamber today at a time which must be difficult for him. While we have been discussing what may possibly be in next week's budget, I believe it will be one of the last meaningful budgets in this State's history, particularly...

Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2011)

Shane Ross: This will be swapped if we get the deal, which is looking possible, for the surrender of our independence to the larger European nations. What attitude will we take if we are faced with such a deal? Will he assure the House that he will never put any referendum to the people that permanently hands over our economic and fiscal sovereignty to any external European body?

Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2011)

Shane Ross: I thank the Taoiseach. I understand his point about fiscal discipline but the quotes I used from Angela Merkel specifically referred to fiscal union. Fiscal discipline may be the one step she referred to but, undoubtedly, fiscal union is on the agenda and it will be on the agenda on 9 December even if it is deferred. Could the Taoiseach assure us that the Government will not allow the...

Report on Infrastructure and Capital Investment 2012-2016: Statements (Resumed) (24 Nov 2011)

Shane Ross: I realise the difficulties the Government is facing. It has been left in a difficult situation where cuts are essential but investment in infrastructure is also essential. It is in an unenviable position. It has made plain where cuts must be made and to some extent that is the easy part. In theory, it is easy to draw a line through the metro project, Thornton Hall prison and other plans....

Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2011)

Shane Ross: Seven out of eight nominees got through yesterday; only one was rejected. Whatever way one looks at it, this result is a humiliation not only for the candidate but also for the Government and the country. My question will give the Tánaiste an opportunity to respond to the comments made by the Taoiseach in the House yesterday. In the Tánaiste's absence, the Taoiseach commented on what had...

Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2011)

Shane Ross: Has the goodwill we are supposed to have engendered in the European Union as a result of being a poster boy been lost? Are they just kicking us in the teeth?

Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2011)

Shane Ross: I admire the Tánaiste for his rhetoric but not the content of his reply. It is absurd to try to quell debate on a nomination of this importance.

Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2011)

Shane Ross: I will put my question directly to the Tánaiste because this was a Government appointment which he supported. Was the individual in question nominated by the Government because it wished to create a vacancy in the Department of Finance and it had a difficulty, or was he nominated because he had great talents which we wanted to export to the European Union?

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (23 Nov 2011)

Shane Ross: Question 169: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when Dáil Éireann can expect a climate change Bill; if it will be before 31 December 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36444/11]

Road Transport Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

Shane Ross: I wish to share my time with Deputies Finian McGrath and Mattie McGrath.

Road Transport Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

Shane Ross: I welcome the Bill as far as it goes, although I recognise its limitation because I gather it needs to be enacted by 4 December and the Minister is promising a much more comprehensive road transport Bill in the coming year, which will be welcome. It is not fair to criticise the details of the Bill because we accept it is minimalist. I take in good faith the Minister's promise to produce a...