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Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Feb 2006)

Shane Ross: The Minister should set the toll at zero. That is the solution to this problem.

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Feb 2006)

Shane Ross: The two year wait the Minister now promises is unacceptable. He could set the toll at zero tomorrow, which would open the toll gates.

Seanad: Appropriation Act 2005: Statements. (26 Jan 2006)

Shane Ross: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Appropriation Act 2005: Statements. (26 Jan 2006)

Shane Ross: I find myself in agreement with virtually everything said by Senator Mansergh, bar his final remarks. My read on the situation is that despite his reservations about Deputy Rabbitte's intervention in the immigration issue, they would sit comfortably in the next Cabinet if all goes according to plan for both parties and I see no great difficulty in that. I welcome the Minister to the House....

Seanad: Appropriation Act 2005: Statements. (26 Jan 2006)

Shane Ross: I am sorry. Cerebral people such as Senator Mansergh always dismiss——

Seanad: Appropriation Act 2005: Statements. (26 Jan 2006)

Shane Ross: ——slogans and easy answers with a wave of their hand, describing them as simplistic. I am a simplistic person.

Seanad: Appropriation Act 2005: Statements. (26 Jan 2006)

Shane Ross: I am quite disingenuous as well. However, I have consistently examined this simplistic argument between Boston and Berlin. The reason people do not like coming down on one side or the other is that we are unapologetically in the Boston camp. We are not good Europeans in the sense that we kowtow to European diktats, as we did previously. In fact, ours is an American led economy within the...

Seanad: Appropriation Act 2005: Statements. (26 Jan 2006)

Shane Ross: They had done it badly before, but they have done it well for the past ten years. Fianna Fáil was not in Government for the past 20 years.

Seanad: Appropriation Act 2005: Statements. (26 Jan 2006)

Shane Ross: Fianna Fáil was not in Government for all of that time.

Seanad: Appropriation Act 2005: Statements. (26 Jan 2006)

Shane Ross: I pay tribute to a great member of Fianna Fáil, Donogh O'Malley. In 1969 the Government of which he was a member introduced free secondary education, the bedrock of the well-educated population we have today. That decision was one of the most foresighted decisions as demonstrated by the numbers educated over the past 20 years. These people are better educated than many in Europe, they speak...

Seanad: Appropriation Act 2005: Statements. (26 Jan 2006)

Shane Ross: I forgot about the spending side, which is what this debate should be about. The Chair should have picked me up on this and then my contribution would have been relevant.

Seanad: Appropriation Act 2005: Statements. (26 Jan 2006)

Shane Ross: On the issue of spending, I plead with the Minister to find the money to alleviate the incredible problems of motorists on the M50. If this needs €400 million or €500 million, it will be well worth it in the long term because the damage being done to the economy through the delay to industry and individuals is immeasurable. Will the Minister of State give us some reassurance that the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Jan 2006)

Shane Ross: I agree with Senator McHugh's call for a debate on Northern Ireland but it might be appropriate if we asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, rather than the Taoiseach or anyone else, to participate in it. The problem of Northern Ireland is developing into a problem of crime. Out of the recent welcome outbreak of peace has sprung an incredible amount of cross-Border...

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Jan 2006)

Shane Ross: ——yes, diesel, springing up all over Ireland on both sides of the Border. If we ignore this we do so at our peril. I hope there is no consent or turning of a blind eye to such activities among officials of the Irish establishment. I wish to ask a question on an issue that will arise in the next few weeks and which I have previously raised in this House. We are in danger of looking...

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Jan 2006)

Shane Ross: I am a member of a trade union because I could not work without being a member.

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Jan 2006)

Shane Ross: The trades unions represent only one third of the workforce. The employers who will be feted in Government Buildings represent nobody but the banks and semi-State organisations. The farmers' representatives have a claim to represent somebody and Father Seán Healy will represent a self-appointed voluntary pillar. This represents the sidelining of the Senate and the Dáil while a new programme...

Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Dec 2005)

Shane Ross: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Dec 2005)

Shane Ross: Will the Leader please answer the question?

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Dec 2005)

Shane Ross: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Dec 2005)

Shane Ross: I endorse the comments of Senators Brian Hayes, Tuffy, Minihan and other Members regarding the cartel operating in the car industry. I was a participant in the "Prime Time" programme which was broadcast last night and I was staggered by the evidence put in front of me. While the price fixing in that industry is bad enough, it has been suspected for a long time. However, the additional...