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Seanad: Order of Business (6 May 2010)

Shane Ross: What did he do for Anglo Irish Bank?

Seanad: Order of Business (6 May 2010)

Shane Ross: He breaks banks in this country.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 May 2010)

Shane Ross: No. He does not do it very well——

Seanad: Order of Business (6 May 2010)

Shane Ross: Not according to the regulator. The regulator does not believe so.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 May 2010)

Shane Ross: Good.

Seanad: Ministerial Pensions: Motion (5 May 2010)

Shane Ross: I thank Senator Quinn for sharing his time. I listened to what he had to say about the comment he made on this issue 25 years ago. I am sorry to say my memory goes back to about that time also. I have news for the House. This is not the first time such a motion has been introduced . In 1986, almost 24 years ago to the day, I introduced almost an identical motion to the one before the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Apr 2010)

Shane Ross: I am sure the House is aware the Minister for Finance got high praise in the Lex column of the Financial Times this morning. It is very encouraging when it comes from a quarter which is as influential and as independent as that. It is not the first time that he has been applauded for his conduct of the economy of this country and we should acknowledge that. I notice that Senators Coffey...

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Apr 2010)

Shane Ross: I endorse what was said by Senators Harris, Buttimer and, to a certain extent, Leyden about public interest directors of banks. The evidence is fairly conclusive that they have gone native. They go into the banks and receive massive salaries. Now that they are all on the gravy train, let us see what happens. Mr. Dukes, very surprisingly, supported wage increases for top people in Anglo...

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Apr 2010)

Shane Ross: I presume we will have such a debate. We were promised a debate and I endorse the requests made in this regard. I do not concur with the praise that has been heaped upon Mr. Boucher or even the welcome given to his decision. This is not what Senator Deary described as a man showing leadership. The concession was dragged and kicked out of him by the Government, public opinion and the trade...

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Apr 2010)

Shane Ross: It is welcome that public opinion has forced him to act but one feels relief not gratitude when a foot is removed from one's throat. It does not change the person in any way. We should not be too quick to applaud this banker, who remains in situ even though he should never have been appointed.

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Apr 2010)

Shane Ross: The people in charge of the banks at board and executive levels remain almost exactly the same.

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Apr 2010)

Shane Ross: I am not as certain about Senator Fitzgerald's proposal for a debate on banking as other Members on this side of the House. Quite honestly, I am not sure the bankers take any notice-----

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Apr 2010)

Shane Ross: -----of what happens in this House. Indeed, I am doubtful that they take any notice of what happens in the Dáil either. These guys are pretty arrogant. If we hold a debate in which some Minister will tell us nothing can be done about the payment into Mr. Boucher's pension fund, I am not sure there is any point. It is all right to have a debate, but why not have some action? I do not...

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Apr 2010)

Shane Ross: Yes, but I am asking for action. I am not so sure we should have a debate because I do not believe it will be followed by action. This is a Government matter and is not a matter of which it can wash its hands. The Government must issue a directive to the governor and board of Bank of Ireland, who are partially the Government's nominees, stating that if Mr. Boucher does not give back this...

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Mar 2010)

Shane Ross: I agree with Senators Coffey, Donohoe and O'Toole. It is imperative that we have a debate on the DDDA now. The DDDA situation stinks to high heaven. It is quite obvious that what was going on in there was completely unacceptable. What we do not know is the facts. There is political accountability for what happened in the DDDA because the Government appointed the chairman and the board....

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Mar 2010)

Shane Ross: One political party recently and certainly since the DDDA was founded because that was only in 1997.

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Mar 2010)

Shane Ross: Certainly, one of those I have mentioned is a fund-raiser for Fianna Fáil. Is that the only reason that he was appointed?

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Mar 2010)

Shane Ross: That is what I am asking for. We have heard a great deal about the Anglo Irish Bank pay rises. There appears to be a kind of elite at the top of the public service which can break the freeze or reductions in public service pay. This has arisen not only at Anglo Irish Bank but among higher civil servants numbering approximately 600 and in the case of the guys at the top of NAMA, which was...

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Mar 2010)

Shane Ross: This is my last sentence. Apparently, at the top of the Civil Service in the Department of Finance there is a hidden hand who can slip people through these restrictions which other people at the bottom must endure.

Seanad: Order of Business. (10 Mar 2010)

Shane Ross: I see why Members on this side of the House want an urgent debate on what happened in Tallaght Hospital. That is important and it would be very useful if we had one. However, what Senator O'Toole said is correct that the knee-jerk reaction of some politicians when something happens in a vast Department like the Department of Health and Children of calling for the resignation of the Minister...