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Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2007)

Shane Ross: We intend to remedy that in the next 24 hours. We cannot give any guarantees, but we will do our best in the next 24 hours. I pay tribute to the Cathaoirleach's very even-handed management of this House. It is quite an achievement that he did not manage to expel Members of the House, many of whom would have liked to have been expelled on occasions for various good reasons. To be able to...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2007)

Shane Ross: ——who are here are not interested——

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2007)

Shane Ross: ——in remaining in the Seanad or standing for the Dáil.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2007)

Shane Ross: I do not wish to be evicted — as his first duty the Leader would need to name me if am to be. If we are not to have a debate on Seanad reform at least until the next session, when I hope to be in your seat, a Chathaoirligh, for the first sitting——

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2007)

Shane Ross: ——I hope the university Senators will be able to lead in that debate. I regret that the Fianna Fáil Party is launching an attack on the university seats, which shows its commitment to Independents in this House is negligible.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2007)

Shane Ross: We will not see Seanad reform if the university seats are seen as easy targets for the Government and the Seanad is treated as a place for party political patronage and rewards.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2007)

Shane Ross: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2007: Second Stage. (3 Jul 2007)

Shane Ross: Thanks to Fianna Fáil.

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2007: Second Stage. (3 Jul 2007)

Shane Ross: We do not expect any help from the Tánaiste's crowd, anyway.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Apr 2007)

Shane Ross: Senator Mooney should tell us about the downsides.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Apr 2007)

Shane Ross: Maybe somebody else could do the job.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Apr 2007)

Shane Ross: Senator Dardis will be around.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Apr 2007)

Shane Ross: As everybody in the House knows, the Dáil will be dissolved soon whereas the Seanad will not be and the business of Government will go on. In view of the fact that many Members of the Seanad have raised issues they want debated, could the time be used when this House is still in session and the Dáil is not to debate those matters which several Senators wish to have debated? There is a...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Apr 2007)

Shane Ross: Important things are happening in the nation and in the economy in particular. The economy is now hitting very choppy waters. One issue which is worth a debate is the danger to the economy posed by the multinational reservations about what is going on. The broadband issue should also be addressed because Ministers have continually paid lip-service to the need to install broadband in every...

Seanad: Northern Ireland: Motion (4 Apr 2007)

Shane Ross: One of the remarkable facts about this peace process is not that it was so slow, but that it was so fast. It is only 12 years since it started with the first ceasefire. To have come so far so quickly is an extraordinary tribute to people. As Senator Hayes said, we have taken two steps forward and one step back. We have had setbacks at every stage. However, in approximately 12 years, we...

Seanad: Situation in Zimbabwe. (27 Mar 2007)

Shane Ross: I appreciate the Minister of State's reply and I am aware of his good will on this issue. I also appreciate that the Government's policy appears to be to support African governments which wish to correct the inequities in the Zimbabwean regime. Is it Government policy that those responsible for state torture in Zimbabwe should be held accountable for their actions to the world community,...

Seanad: Situation in Zimbabwe. (27 Mar 2007)

Shane Ross: I raise this matter relating to the Government of Zimbabwe in the full knowledge that Ireland has a proud tradition of resisting oppression in Africa and has often raised its voice in this regard independent of other nations, particularly regarding the oppressive regime in South Africa in the 1980s. This is something we have rightly trumpeted and we now have an opportunity to influence a...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Mar 2007)

Shane Ross: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Mar 2007)

Shane Ross: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Mar 2007)

Shane Ross: Hear, hear.