Results 18,161-18,180 of 19,173 for speaker:Shane Ross
- Seanad: Roads Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Mar 2007)
Shane Ross: Neither would they invite Senator Mansergh.
- Seanad: Roads Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Mar 2007)
Shane Ross: What will happen is that the Minister will leave office in May.
- Seanad: Roads Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Mar 2007)
Shane Ross: I am putting it to the Chair. The Minister will leave office in May. The reportââ
- Seanad: Roads Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Mar 2007)
Shane Ross: The report will come back. Perhaps Senator Mansergh could have that job if his ambitions are fulfilled. He might replace him. The report will then find its way into the hands of the Minister's successor and, lo and behold, he or she will decide to toll the entire M50 rather than a single point. There is a certain logic in that option which this report will recommend. Does the Minister...
- Seanad: Roads Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Mar 2007)
Shane Ross: Is there a procedure for removing a Minister from the House?
- Seanad: Roads Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Mar 2007)
Shane Ross: Let us be realistic about this. This is not going to happen. When barrier-free tolling is introduced, over a period of years the entire M50 will be tolled. The Minister's pledge will come back to haunt him because it is ridiculous to say that a single point will be tolled forever. It is not going to happen. That is not what the report said.
- Seanad: Roads Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Mar 2007)
Shane Ross: It is not going to happen. We will have barrier-free tolling all over the M50 and people should be told this. They should not be told that a ridiculous single point polling policy is going to continue just to carry them over the May period.
- Seanad: Roads Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Mar 2007)
Shane Ross: I cannot understand why the Minister did not take the opportunity he had this year or last year simply to open that particular West Link toll plaza.
- Seanad: Roads Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Mar 2007)
Shane Ross: It would have brought about a great deal more happiness for a large number of people caught in those queues.
- Seanad: Roads Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Mar 2007)
Shane Ross: I take the Minister's point when he interrupts because I can hear some of his interruptions. He says it would have achieved nothing. I accept that there is a case to be made for those who say that the M50 is so blocked up at peak times that one will just have another block a little further up the road. It is possible. I do not know whether that is true. Certain consultants' reports have...
- Seanad: Roads Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Mar 2007)
Shane Ross: If he travels at peak hours, he knows that there is no doubt that one can be caught there for between 20 and 30 minutes in front of the toll bridge and when one gets through, there is a clear way as far as the airport and further on.
- Seanad: Roads Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Mar 2007)
Shane Ross: I know. I am well and truly injured. There is an unanswerable case for opening them now and paying an additional amount, which I presume would be only approximately â¬75 million. If the Minister is going to spend approximately â¬1 billion on this, which is the kind of inflation-linked calculation he would come up with, he might as well spend an additional â¬75 million to open those...
- Seanad: Roads Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Mar 2007)
Shane Ross: Presumably the Minister will get a chance to reply.
- Seanad: Roads Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Mar 2007)
Shane Ross: Why must we ensure that these roads are built and repaired only between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.? I could only use one lane when I travelled back from the airport the other day.
- Seanad: Roads Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Mar 2007)
Shane Ross: We are talking about one single lane on the largest traffic jam in Europe. Nobody is using the process to ensure that Saturday, Sunday, evening and night work is carried out. This could be done. Plenty of people are prepared to do this work. I rest my case.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Mar 2007)
Shane Ross: I join with the calls for a debate on competitiveness or some allied subject. We cannot sit back and see these job losses occur throughout the economy and suggest that they are localised. This has developed into a trend. I cannot list off all the job losses, but there have been losses at Pfizer, Thomson Scientific and Procter & Gamble and others which have occurred in recent weeks....
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Mar 2007)
Shane Ross: This rate is under threat. Undoubtedly, there are moves between France and Germany to undermine the Irish position on this matter. The fact that we have a veto here does not necessarily guarantee that it will survive for long. There are ways of circumventing a veto in European terms. They hit one somewhere else, which makes one's situation almost untenable. It is very important that we...
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Mar 2007)
Shane Ross: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Mar 2007)
Shane Ross: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Feb 2007)
Shane Ross: First, I endorse the comments of Senators Maurice Hayes and Norris regarding the Director of Corporate Enforcement, Mr. Paul Appleby. He is a fine civil servant who deserves the support of this House.