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Seanad: Elections of June 2009: Statements (11 Jun 2009)

Shane Ross: I thank Senator Bradford for sharing time. I would like to wander around this topic the way everybody else has without being very specific about it. The initial reaction to the election results is for one to be somewhat puzzled. If anybody gives them any thought, he or she would come to the conclusion that the extraordinary rejection of the Government in these elections is not only a...

Seanad: Public Transport (11 Jun 2009)

Shane Ross: I wish to raise the need for the Minister for Transport to instruct Dublin Bus to cease predatory activities against private operators in the Dublin region, as exemplified by the recent issues between Swords Express and Dublin Bus. The Minister for Transport will be familiar with the issue of the Dublin Bus monopoly indulging in predatory pricing. Circle Line has already claimed that it was...

Seanad: Public Transport (11 Jun 2009)

Shane Ross: Dublin Bus has been told it cannot use public funds to run this service. Does that mean it can no longer run the service or must it somehow prove it is not using public funds to run the service? How does it do that?

Seanad: Public Transport (11 Jun 2009)

Shane Ross: How does it demonstrate that it is not using public funds?

Seanad: Public Transport (11 Jun 2009)

Shane Ross: Will the Minister of State ask the Department to provide me with a clarification of this matter?

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jun 2009)

Shane Ross: I ask the Leader to request the Minister for Finance to attend the House. The Minister has done very well in removing some of the top brass in the banks and he should be applauded for doing so. Some ten of the 12 covered institutions have lost either their chairman or chief executive, and the Minister has acted with great skill. Everybody in this House has been looking for a significant...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jun 2009)

Shane Ross: Although the Minister has removed these personnel, he seems to be replacing them all with the old guard. There was a chorus of applause, which will increase, at the appointment of Mr. Pat Molloy this morning as chairman of the Bank of Ireland. This is just more of the old guard coming back. What the Minister has done with Bank of Ireland is appoint a chief executive who is an insider and a...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jun 2009)

Shane Ross: I am not naming anybody. A chairman was also appointed to Anglo Irish Bank from inside, which is not good enough. There is an appearance of change in the banks but we are getting the same people or former employees coming back into the same positions.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jun 2009)

Shane Ross: Nobody should be deceived by that. The Minister acted in a similar way in cases which I will not mention. There have been one or two good appointments as well and I will name somebody who I want to be positive about. Mr. Alan Dukes was appointed to the board of Anglo Irish Bank because he does not come with any baggage. There are others in this category. Will the Minister come to the...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jun 2009)

Shane Ross: Here we go again.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jun 2009)

Shane Ross: On a point of order, could I decline that at this stage?

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jun 2009)

Shane Ross: The poor things. We dare not put up with that.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jun 2009)

Shane Ross: God help them, God love them.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 May 2009)

Shane Ross: Will the Leader ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, if he is the appropriate Minister, to attend the House to assert the right of journalists to protect their sources? Most Senators are aware of the ongoing case in Northern Ireland concerning the journalist Suzanne Breen of the Sunday Tribune. She is apparently being forced to hand over her computer records and other...

Seanad: Property Services (Regulation) Bill 2009: Second Stage (21 May 2009)

Shane Ross: I thank Senator Norris for sharing time. This Bill is the culmination of much work done over a period of time and in that sense, it is welcome. Five or six years ago, Senator O'Toole and I pointed out the chaos that existed in the auctioneering world. This was not remedied by the fact that auctioneers and estate agents had their own regulating bodies. I know of the IAVI and the IPAV and...

Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (20 May 2009)

Shane Ross: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 May 2009)

Shane Ross: Unusually, I begin by congratulating the Minister for Finance. It is only fair to acknowledge that what he has been doing around European capitals in the past few days has been extraordinarily successful, perhaps surprisingly so.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 May 2009)

Shane Ross: The bond auction that was due for bidding this morning was extremely successful. It went down very well and it is over-subscribed. It is only fair, in these bad times, for which the Government must bear some responsibility, that, when the Minister takes the bit between his teeth, goes out to sell Ireland and gets a good reaction, we should acknowledge it. I ask that the first thing the...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 May 2009)

Shane Ross: I would also like the Minister to come to the House to explain a matter that was touched on by Senator Butler, that is why so many bank board members are surviving.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 May 2009)

Shane Ross: I do not agree with Senator Butler's point that the main people have been removed. They have not been removed.