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Seanad: Salmon Fisheries Report: Statements. (19 Oct 2005)

Shane Ross: I agree. It will hand it over to someone else while it goes into the next general election having fooled everybody. This is a serious national problem and it is not good enough for the Minister of State to obfuscate with soft and sweet words of reassurance of the kind he use in his contribution this evening. Both he and I know there will be hundreds of people picketing the Fianna Fáil...

Seanad: Salmon Fisheries Report: Statements. (19 Oct 2005)

Shane Ross: ——as is its reputation.

Seanad: Salmon Fisheries Report: Statements. (19 Oct 2005)

Shane Ross: The Minister of State cannot say it is an orchestrated campaign as they do not all have him in their sights. People are frustrated because they cannot come to Ireland to fish. The Minister of State is responsible for this situation because he is looking after his own vested political interests and that is fair enough because that is what it is all about.

Seanad: Salmon Fisheries Report: Statements. (19 Oct 2005)

Shane Ross: I thank the Minister of State. I refer to the issue of the buyout which Senator O'Toole so eloquently addressed as did the Minister of State. There is nothing wrong with a buyout of this sort, particularly if it is voluntary. I have contacts within the angling industry, the tourism industry and the hotel industry and they are prepared to pay their share of the buyout.

Seanad: Salmon Fisheries Report: Statements. (19 Oct 2005)

Shane Ross: It should not be argued this will be a drain on the taxpayer. The Minister of State will be aware that the hotel industry, the anglers and others are also prepared, ready and willing to pay their share of the buyout because it is in their interests and it is only fair this should be part of it.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Oct 2005)

Shane Ross: I endorse the comments made on salmon drift netting, although the conversion has been belated on the part of many. Nevertheless, I am delighted it has taken place because drift netting is a vital issue. The Independent Group has raised it for many years but our concerns have fallen on deaf ears. I join Senators in congratulating Senator Dardis and hope he will join a picket on salmon drift...

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Oct 2005)

Shane Ross: Senator Dardis is a man of great principle who will no doubt be able to display his independence a long way from his constituency. Before the Cathaoirleach goes for his gavel, Senator Norris's comments on the Order of Business are correct.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Oct 2005)

Shane Ross: That is correct and I congratulate the Cathaoirleach on performing that role so effectively.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Oct 2005)

Shane Ross: I ask him to use the discretion available to him to curtail the contributions of the party leaders on the Order of Business and give ordinary Senators a little more time for their contributions.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Oct 2005)

Shane Ross: We have had zealous and over-zealous cathaoirligh in our time and although the current incumbent is one of the most effective to date, I detect an inclination on his part to reach for his gavel more quickly in the case of those of us he wrongly describes as leaders of our groups than in the case of others.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Oct 2005)

Shane Ross: We do not have a leader.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Oct 2005)

Shane Ross: May I finish, a Chathaoirligh — you are proving my point?

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Oct 2005)

Shane Ross: May I just finish, a Chathaoirligh?

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Oct 2005)

Shane Ross: If the Cathaoirleach could curtail the other group leaders and give us a little more time, he would not have as much trouble from these benches.

Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Statements. (6 Oct 2005)

Shane Ross: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Statements. (6 Oct 2005)

Shane Ross: I also pay tribute to the Taoiseach for his extraordinary patience through this very difficult period and his wonderful talent for settling disputes of all kinds, particularly this most difficult one which has confronted this island for centuries. While it may not be solved, it has certainly been greatly ameliorated by his efforts. It is very refreshing to see all-party agreement on and...

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Oct 2005)

Shane Ross: That is a contradiction in terms.

Seanad: Early Childhood Education: Statements (Resumed). (5 Oct 2005)

Shane Ross: Her lobbying has been determined and particularly effective. There should not be some half-baked package in the form of a compromise between Fianna Fáil and the Progressive Democrats. We must grapple with this problem on both fronts, that of the unfortunate person paying so much to go to work in terms of time, traffic and other factors. It must be grappled with equally vigorously by...

Seanad: Early Childhood Education: Statements (Resumed). (5 Oct 2005)

Shane Ross: I will restrict myself to broad principles. The package must be imaginative and cover money, allowances and tax credits. The important point, however, is that women and men have realistic options. At the moment they are almost prisoners of a system which requires them to go to work and pay all their money into a crèche if they have children. They pay such a substantial amount that they have...

Seanad: Early Childhood Education: Statements (Resumed). (5 Oct 2005)

Shane Ross: The Senator suggests inducements for employers to allow women to work part-time so that they, the children and the economy will benefit. I plead with the Minister of State to give the Minister for Finance the message that this House wants him to produce an imaginative, comprehensive package that will solve this problem.