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Seanad: Transport and Sport: Statements (20 Nov 2019)

Shane Ross: ...awarded and that they are not awarded by politicians moving them around or preferring their own clubs one way or another and changing the order. We have a scoring system which is absolutely transparent. Senator Buttimer referred to it, he did not like it particularly or he wanted to improve the scoring system. That is perfectly fair enough. There are problems. I took his point about...

Seanad: Project 2040 and Transport Matters: Statements (20 Sep 2018)

Shane Ross: ...initiatives to protect cyclists very shortly. That will not be very long coming. He also addressed the issue of communication in respect of BusConnects, which I have already dealt with. To respond to Senator Buttimer, I will do anything I can to support Norwegian Air. It is in the interests of the nation, the consumer and the customer that it be encouraged. Sometimes we do not have...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ministerial Meetings (23 Jan 2018)

Shane Ross: ...Rail Infrastructure in the North West 2016 Councillor Liona O’Toole Clonburris SDZ Minister Heather Humphreys & Monaghan County Council Monaghan roads Deputy Kevin Moran & Westmeath County Council Westmeath roads Deputy Robert Troy DTTAS issues Senator Jerry Buttimer and M28 Residents Steering Group N28 Ringaskiddy Wicklow County...

Seanad: Tourism Industry: Motion (8 Mar 2017)

Shane Ross: ...prepared to address it in a different forum or subsequently. I now wish to address the issue of the 9% VAT rate, which was raised by virtually everybody, including Senators Martin Conway, Kieran O'Donnell, Jerry Buttimer and Ned O'Sullivan. The rate should not be accepted immediately without criticism. Undoubtedly, there are one or two problems with it. The issue raised by Senators...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Air Services Provision (21 Jun 2016)

Shane Ross: I thank Senator Buttimer for raising this subject. It is a good day to raise it, and I hope the message goes out to Vice President Biden that we are not happy with the behaviour of various groups in the United States over this blockage of an airline landing in the United States. Senator Buttimer will also be aware that the Taoiseach has already raised this with the President of the United...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Air Services Provision (21 Jun 2016)

Shane Ross: I endorse and echo what Senator Buttimer has said. I will not meet Vice President Biden, but I hope that anyone from the Government who does meet him will make clear our dissatisfaction with the attitude in the US to this and the fact that we, as friends of the United States, can expect, I hope, an early decision to clear this blockage.

Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Oct 2012)

Shane Ross: I concur with much of the latter part of Deputy Jerry Buttimer's contribution. I am not trying to be mischievous in welcoming comments such as those made by the Deputy, especially when they come from the Government benches. When the Deputy addresses the issue of middle Ireland, he is reflecting a growing body of opinion that the so-called coping classes, those who are somehow managing to...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 May 2010)

Shane Ross: ...also be expressed and I was trying to do so. If I was out of order, I apologise, but I stand over what I said. I address the issue of Iarnród Éireann which was raised by Senators Donohoe and Buttimer. What is happening at Iarnród Éireann is absolutely incredible. The Minister for Transport stated in the Dáil yesterday that he did not know what was happening with a major project....

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Apr 2010)

Shane Ross: I endorse what was said by Senators Harris, Buttimer and, to a certain extent, Leyden about public interest directors of banks. The evidence is fairly conclusive that they have gone native. They go into the banks and receive massive salaries. Now that they are all on the gravy train, let us see what happens. Mr. Dukes, very surprisingly, supported wage increases for top people in Anglo...

Seanad: Denominational Schools (28 Oct 2009)

Shane Ross: I thank Senator Buttimer for sharing time. There is a very strong campaign to reverse the proposed decision to withdraw the grant for Protestant schools. I endorse what Senator Buttimer said. It seems extraordinary that the Attorney General has suddenly found that the grant may be unconstitutional. It might be unconstitutional to withdraw it when it has been in place for 40 years. I...

Seanad: Pharmacy Regulations (7 Jul 2009)

Shane Ross: I thank Senator Buttimer for sharing time. There is an extraordinary spinning game going on here between pharmacists and the Government, and this is far too serious for a game or for macho stances to be taken. It is all very well at this stage, in July, to sit back and suggest that somehow the pharmacists will capitulate on their demand by the beginning of August. I do not believe this will...

Seanad: Pharmacy Regulations (7 Jul 2009)

Shane Ross: The Minister of State addressed some of the points we raised and I appreciate that he departed from his script. I thank him for that. What about the point Senator Buttimer made, that at least the Minister's officials should talk to the pharmacists? The pharmacists are willing both to make concessions and to talk. One of the reasons they are offering to talk is to settle the difference...

Seanad: Support Services Grants. (6 Nov 2008)

Shane Ross: I thank Senator Buttimer for giving me some of his time to address this subject. It is a sensitive but important subject because it says a lot about the attitude of the State towards its minorities. I have had several representations from Protestant schools and schools with a Protestant ethos which are dumbstruck that the Minister would go to such trouble to retrieve €2.8 million, despite...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2008)

Shane Ross: ...The issue is already taking off and we should have a debate in this House soon so the message gets across to America immediately, before Mr. Obama is inaugurated. I note what Senators Fitzgerald, Buttimer and others said about AIB. It appears that AIB has suddenly discovered two things this morning, one of which is Ireland. It is extraordinary that suddenly it is saying the problem is...

Seanad: Primary School Funding: Motion (8 Oct 2008)

Shane Ross: I would like to share my time with Senator Buttimer. I was somewhat disappointed with what the Minister had to say, but I welcome the Minister of State to the House. If one reads between the lines of what the Minister had to say, it looks as if there will be a freeze on educational spending next week. The speech he made was peppered with code words like "as resources permit", "in the...