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Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Feb 2003)

Shane Ross: This House has lost the run of itself. Like Senator O'Toole, who last night could not vote because of the lack of dignity, I could not even come into the House—

Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Feb 2003)

Shane Ross: I have several.

Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Feb 2003)

Shane Ross: I convey my congratulations on the independence breaking out on the Fianna Fáil benches.

Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Feb 2003)

Shane Ross: Is it possible to have a debate on this so-called partnership agreement when it is finally signed and sealed?

Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Feb 2003)

Shane Ross: I will not support it. I would particularly like a debate on what is called the anti-inflation package. It was produced today and is complete nonsense. No such package exists. Instead there is a series of promises and a group has been established comprising the social partners to examine inflation and make recommendations. This partnership document will be aspirational except for the pay deal...

Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Feb 2003)

Shane Ross: There are no new ideas.

Seanad: Iraq Crisis: Statements (Resumed). (6 Feb 2003)

Shane Ross: I share many of the views Senator Quinn expressed. This is not so much about Iraq but about America. Everybody in this House and virtually in the world believes the same thing about Iraq, that is, that it has an evil regime. How that regime is toppled is obviously a matter of fierce debate. To Members of this House, it is a matter of our relationship with America. In the battle between Boston...

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Jan 2003)

Shane Ross: I second Senator Norris's amendment to the Order of Business on Iraq. The issue of scripts was raised in the other House and I would be interested in a ruling on it. I noted that in the last session there was an extraordinarily malign tendency for scripts to be read by Members throughout all debates. It is a particularly bad trend in this House. There is a case, however, for certain people...

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Jan 2003)

Shane Ross: Thank you.

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Jan 2003)

Shane Ross: It is a serious point. There is little point in having a debating chamber if Members will come in and read scripts written for them by their press office. In agreement with many Members of this House, I am somewhat disappointed with the Order of Business for today and tomorrow. As Senator Norris rightly stated, there are matters of enormous public importance being omitted from debates in this...

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Jan 2003)

Shane Ross: —whatever Senator O'Toole calls it, because it will be whatever he calls it – we, in this House, should be the first to debate it. These pay deals are made outside this House and the Dáil. They are not even debated within parliamentary parties, yet I gather we are beneficiaries of them. I gather that last night the sticking point was that, for the third time, members of the public...

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Jan 2003)

Shane Ross: Let me ask this then. Let me make this final point, a Chathaoirligh, and then I will sit down.

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Jan 2003)

Shane Ross: If productivity is going to be the issue—

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Jan 2003)

Shane Ross: Nobody has asked me what I am going to produce for the extra 18% I am getting. The answer is I am not going to produce anything extra.

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Jan 2003)

Shane Ross: I am going to produce exactly the same as I have always done. (Interruptions).

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Jan 2003)

Shane Ross: Sorry, a Chathaoirligh, I cannot hear you because the Clerk is talking in your ear and drowning out your voice.

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Jan 2003)

Shane Ross: Perhaps we could have a serious debate on the pay deal at a very early stage and see that this House and the Dáil are not bypassed and ignored on a most serious economic issue before the country.

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Jan 2003)

Shane Ross: This will not be a point of order. I can tell you in advance, a Chathaoirligh. (Interruptions).

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Jan 2003)

Shane Ross: I will write it out.

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Jan 2003)

Shane Ross: Is this a point of order?