Results 61-80 of 19,173 for speaker:Shane Ross

Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Appointments to State Boards. (3 Dec 2002)

Shane Ross: The Minister will understand my incredulity at his reply. Is the support or membership of a political party ever a consideration in the appointment of people to State boards?

Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Dec 2002)

Shane Ross: I add my voice in 100% support of the point raised by Deputy Ryan. The idea that The Irish Catholic should not be allowed to advertise is absolutely appalling. I say this as a member of the Church of Ireland. Were it the case that the Church of Ireland was forbidden under the same rule there would be screams of sectarianism towards the minority here, rightly so. We should urge RTÉ to get its...

Seanad: Order of Business. (12 Dec 2002)

Shane Ross: I will act as shop steward today, if that is acceptable.

Seanad: Order of Business. (12 Dec 2002)

Shane Ross: My colleagues and I have no rooted objections, other than those to which we might refer individually, to the Order of Business.

Seanad: Order of Business. (17 Dec 2002)

Shane Ross: I support Senator Leyden. It is important to put on record our views regarding diplomatic relations with the Nigerian Government. Will the Leader introduce legislation on what is rather pompously known as corporate government executive pay? It would be particularly appropriate if she addressed herself to this matter on which she has great expertise. The Leader was instrumental in the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (17 Dec 2002)

Shane Ross: Would those in this House who are free marketeers, that is the vast majority of us, consider this an appropriate occasion to interfere in the free market, thus preventing such people from robbing small shareholders of their money?

Seanad: Order of Business. (17 Dec 2002)

Shane Ross: I wish also to second Senator Norris's motion.

Seanad: Order of Business. (19 Dec 2002)

Shane Ross: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (19 Dec 2002)

Shane Ross: I endorse what previous speakers said about having a debate on the partnership talks. That would give Senator O'Toole an opportunity to explain to us how he voted one way on the budget in here but said something different on television. That would be interesting.

Seanad: Order of Business. (19 Dec 2002)

Shane Ross: That would give this House a role in those partnership talks which have broken down. I would also like to endorse what everybody said about John McCabe. He deserves his benchmarking. Nobody in this House or in my career in the financial world has given me better financial advice over a long period than John McCabe. The day Eircom was floated, he was the first person to say to me that he was...

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.