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Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Feb 2006)

Shane Ross: We will be giving seats to our sons, daughters, brothers and sisters if that becomes the case.

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Feb 2006)

Shane Ross: It would be preferable for a Member of the Government to have the seat than for nobody to occupy it.

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Feb 2006)

Shane Ross: I wish to make a further brief remark.

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Feb 2006)

Shane Ross: I am concluding on a request I should have made yesterday for a short debate on the Financial Regulator. AIB's profits of €1.7 billion may have been noted in the House yesterday. We can forget about the profit figure and the past scandals, but anyone who watched Tuesday's edition of "Prime Time" knows that AIB is at the same racket in different ways by inducing vulnerable people to take out...

Seanad: Educational Services: Motion. (15 Feb 2006)

Shane Ross: I second the motion and I thank Senator O'Toole for tabling it. In support of what he said, there is plenty of precedent for the Government accepting motions encompassing amendments and passing them without of vote. I see nothing to quarrel with in what the Government has to say and given the aspirational nature of our motion, the Government should not have any problem with it. It would be...

Seanad: Educational Services: Motion. (15 Feb 2006)

Shane Ross: ——when they do not deliver on the performance which they have promised.

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Feb 2006)

Shane Ross: I was taken by what Senator Jim Walsh stated about the Judiciary, particularly the wearing of wigs. It is an important matter that we consider whether we, particularly the Leader, would welcome Members wearing wigs in this House.

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Feb 2006)

Shane Ross: I speak from a position of great strength, as does Senator Norris.

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Feb 2006)

Shane Ross: With the help of the Leader, the Cathaoirleach could make a ruling on whether wigs conform to correct protocol.

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Feb 2006)

Shane Ross: That was a serious question.

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Feb 2006)

Shane Ross: I may not raise it in the next Seanad.

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Feb 2006)

Shane Ross: Senator Jim Walsh raised the matter of the Judiciary on which Senators Norris and O'Toole and I tabled a motion some time ago. I refer to political appointments to the Judiciary and seek a debate on ending political appointments thereto.

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Feb 2006)

Shane Ross: For so long, one party has put its own people in power and then another party has appointed its people to the Supreme Court.

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Feb 2006)

Shane Ross: Occasionally a dummy is appointed to fool people. I wish to finish without interruption. In the Bar Library people predict the outcome of Supreme Court decisions on the basis of party affiliation.

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Feb 2006)

Shane Ross: The Judiciary is not independent.

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Feb 2006)

Shane Ross: It is not independently appointed.

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Feb 2006)

Shane Ross: That is exactly the subject on which I request a debate.

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Feb 2006)

Shane Ross: What about the wigs?

Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Feb 2006)

Shane Ross: Yesterday while the Taoiseach spoke in the other House on the need for an orderly sale of the Great Southern Hotels, Senator Cox and others in this House were saying "hands off the Great Southern Hotels". I endorse what Senators Morrissey and Leyden said. If we are to be a relevant body of the Oireachtas it is time we immediately discussed the Great Southern Hotels.

Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Feb 2006)

Shane Ross: I will do exactly what I did yesterday and propose an amendment to the Order of Business——