Results 18,061-18,080 of 19,173 for speaker:Shane Ross

Seanad: Economic Competitiveness: Statements. (18 Oct 2007)

Shane Ross: However, the initiative was tax-based. We did not do it ourselves.

Seanad: Economic Competitiveness: Statements. (18 Oct 2007)

Shane Ross: Mr. Haughey, Dermot Desmond and others deserve full credit for it.

Seanad: Economic Competitiveness: Statements. (18 Oct 2007)

Shane Ross: Let us distinguish between the past, in which the IDA did a wonderful job that should be acknowledged, and the future, which presents dangers that the Government and IDA should consider a little more seriously and about which they should be a little less smug.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2007)

Shane Ross: My foot.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2007)

Shane Ross: I ask the Leader the reason for the lack of legislation in the House. It is extraordinary that in two days there has not been a single item of legislation on the Order Paper for discussion. It is not as if there are not items of legislation that could be discussed. There is a civil partnership Bill, a climate change Bill and another Bill from the Independents, all of which could be...

Seanad: Pharmaceutical Wholesalers (11 Oct 2007)

Shane Ross: This is a delicate issue that has caused a great deal of anxiety among pharmacists. It relates particularly to medical card holders. When artificial prices are being imposed or negotiated between various State bodies, it is important that there be a minimum of interference. In a situation where the State, rightly, has decided that medical card holders must be subsidised, a difficult...

Seanad: Pharmaceutical Wholesalers (11 Oct 2007)

Shane Ross: I thank the Minister for her reply. Will she consider this matter again if as a result of this measure those who depend on medical cardholders for a large percentage of their business suffer and close or do not offer the necessary service, in which case the most vulnerable members of society will suffer? The possibility of those circumstances arising has been spelt out to me.

Seanad: Shannon Airport: Statements (10 Oct 2007)

Shane Ross: We should not be having this debate because the Government should have sold its 25% stake in Aer Lingus at the time of privatisation. Had that happened there would be no good reason for it to be a political football now. The Government is reaping the whirlwind of its fudge this time last year when it decided in its wisdom and its desire to cosy up to the unions in Aer Lingus and others that...

Seanad: Shannon Airport: Statements (10 Oct 2007)

Shane Ross: They will be expected to deliver on a matter in respect of which they cannot. I feel sorry in advance for the unfortunate people who will be appointed to this board, because they will be expected to take orders directly from the Minister on non-commercial grounds. They will be unable to so do and the Government will be unable to deliver. While it wishes to surmount this problem by stating...

Seanad: Shannon Airport: Statements (10 Oct 2007)

Shane Ross: The Government deserves all the political flak it is getting for the decision it made last year.

Seanad: Coroners Bill 2007: Second Stage (4 Oct 2007)

Shane Ross: I broadly welcome the thrust and idea of this reforming Bill. I understand the motivation for it. I do not doubt that the attempt being made to modernise the coroners office is well founded and necessary. I am sure the principles which underpin this legislation will be the subject of all-party agreement. The response this Bill has received from certain vested interests has not been...

Seanad: Coroners Bill 2007: Second Stage (4 Oct 2007)

Shane Ross: Has the time I had intended to share with Senator O'Toole concluded?

Seanad: Coroners Bill 2007: Second Stage (4 Oct 2007)

Shane Ross: That is fair enough. I can inform the Chair that Senator O'Toole intends to table amendments on Committee Stage.

Seanad: Coroners Bill 2007: Second Stage (4 Oct 2007)

Shane Ross: I will speak for one more minute. The coroners fear that the new arrangements will lead to delays of three or four years, which would not be in the interests of justice or the families. I will summarise the remaining matters about which the coroners are concerned in the 35 seconds of speaking time which are left to me. Failure to separate the administrative and investigative quasi-judicial...

Seanad: Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Bill 2007: Committee Stage. (3 Oct 2007)

Shane Ross: Could I challenge that ruling about there being a charge on the Revenue? Why does the substitution of the word "shall" for the word "may" mean there is a charge on the Revenue?

Seanad: Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Bill 2007: Committee Stage. (3 Oct 2007)

Shane Ross: Surely whatever the wording, if the word "may" is left, it will also involve a charge on the Revenue. I do not understand this.

Seanad: Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Bill 2007: Committee Stage. (3 Oct 2007)

Shane Ross: The Leas-Chathaoirleach said it is a long-standing rule. I am a long-standing Member and I do not recall the rule, so it must be very long-standing. Perhaps the Minister of State — I do not expect the Leas-Chathaoirleach to do so because he is bound by the ruling — or someone could explain how one word means a charge on the Revenue while the other one does not. It is utterly...

Seanad: Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Bill 2007: Committee Stage. (3 Oct 2007)

Shane Ross: I accept the Leas-Chathaoirleach's ruling.

Seanad: Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Bill 2007: Committee Stage. (3 Oct 2007)

Shane Ross: Could the House get an explanation at some stage?

Seanad: Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Oct 2007)

Shane Ross: I am sure the Minister of State will forgive my scepticism regarding his reply. When a Minister or Minister of State — I refer to none in particular — states in the House that he wants flexibility on an appointment, I usually smell a rat. When he claims he does not want a prescriptive clause, I become even more suspicious. Senator David Norris's suggestion that there be a prescriptive...