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Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Dec 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I would like to speak about the events of last Friday. It is worth repeating that we do not often encounter times when our choices are clearly defined for us. I do not think it is sufficient for Senators to stand up and say we think something is a great idea. The Government of this country has a job to do. Almost 75 years ago, the late Mr. Dan Morrissey asked the then Minister for Industry...

Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Dec 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I am about to quote what Mr. Justice Flood said this morning on the radio.

Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Dec 2005)

Brendan Ryan: That people are entitled to a proper court——

Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Dec 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Sorry, a Chathaoirligh, Mr. Justice Flood is the chairman of the Centre for Public Inquiry whose director has been traduced by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform. Let me explain clearly. Nobody in this country has to explain themselves because somebody cast imputations on them. Regardless of whether they should or should not, nobody has to do so and nobody has the right. I...

Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Dec 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Why are they okay?

Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Dec 2005)

Brendan Ryan: We do not know whether they travelled on false passports. We do not know anything about them because the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, so worried as he is about subversion is cosy with them and has picked on one individual, at most a subordinate individual in that organisation.

Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Dec 2005)

Brendan Ryan: What Mr. Justice Flood said was that statements made in privileged circumstances where they cannot be tested are unworthy and that they are unworthy of this State and the Government. We have a Constitution. Let us be clear, the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy McDowell, is as much bound by the Constitution as am I. He has no special rights.

Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Dec 2005)

Brendan Ryan: That is what he said.

Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Dec 2005)

Brendan Ryan: The Senator is doing that far too often.

Seanad: Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage. (13 Dec 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. Is annamh a fheicimid anois é. Nuair a bhí sé ina Aire Sláinte agus Leanaí bhíodh sé anseo go minic agus nuair a bhí sé ina Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta, bhíodh sé anseo níos minice fós. An rud is annamh is iontach. Over the years I have learned to be a little wary of whatever is the dominant ideology or idea of the moment. I remember in the...

Seanad: Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage. (13 Dec 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I have said this publicly before. This is a major issue and the Minister was very effective, both in terms of public health and also in taking on an extraordinarily virulent lobby. This is why I am so wary of competition. As far as I am aware, the Competition Authority has done two things; it has attempted to bring to an end the agreement between the Voluntary Health Insurance and BUPA and...

Seanad: Order of Business. (14 Dec 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Bheinn ar aon aigne le beagán dá bhfuil ráite ag an Seanadóir O'Toole ach amháin é seo. Ní dóigh liom gur féidir le pobal a rá go dteastaíonn uaidh bheith sa Ghaeltacht agus go mbeadh ainm oifigiúil an bhaile i mBéarla ag an am céanna.

Seanad: Order of Business. (14 Dec 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Má theastaíonn ó phobal an Ghaeltacht a fhágáil, tá an rogha agus an tsaoirse sin aige. Ba chóir dó an cinneadh a dhéanamh pé rud a theastaíonn uaidh.

Seanad: Order of Business. (14 Dec 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Tá a lán daoine sna fíor-Ghaeltachtaí a dteastódh uathu go dtabharfaí seans do dhaoine sna Galltachtaí an Ghaeltacht a fhágáil. D'oirfeadh sé don Ghalltacht agus don Ghaeltacht ar aon. I do not want to rehearse matters I raised on the Order of Business yesterday but I ask the Leader to ascertain the answer to a question. It appears the Government believes, and I have no reason to...

Seanad: Order of Business. (14 Dec 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Did the Government know then what we are being told now about them? Did the officials who came in to speak to the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs know they were dealing with people of that ilk? We were presented with three innocent Irishmen stuck in a bad place. If three drug dealers from this city ended up in Colombia doing deals with FARC would the Department of Foreign Affairs have...

Seanad: Order of Business. (14 Dec 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Yesterday a truck driver was given a suspended sentence for an accident in which people were killed. Yesterday, too, a woman was killed tragically. I do not wish to make any judgments about guilt in respect of a truck driver. The NRA has shown that 90% of trucks, when surveyed, were in breach of the speed limits. I want somebody from the Government to outline what it is doing about ensuring...

Seanad: Care of the Elderly: Motion. (14 Dec 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I gently take issue with Senator Lydon. The Minister of State would probably agree with me that perhaps as good a model of an excellent centre of care for the elderly is St. Vincent's Hospital in my home town of Athy, which happens to be where my mother resides. It would be remiss of me not to put on the record the extraordinary quality of care available which I am sure is replicated in many...

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Dec 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Táim ar aon aigne leis an Seanadóir O'Toole faoin méid a dúirt sé maidin inniu faoin Acht teanga——

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Dec 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Táimid ag dul ar aghaidh. Níl scoilt eadrainn faoi sin, pé scéal é. Déarfainn, dá mbeadh acmhainní ar fáil, gur chóir iad a dhíriú i dtreo téacsleabhar do na meánscoileanna lán-Ghaelacha nach bhfuil ar fáil faoi láthair. I gcás mo mhic féin, leis an chuid is mó de na hábhair theicniúla a bhí idir lámha aige, bhí ar na páistí téacsleabhair Béarla a úsáid agus...

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Dec 2005)

Brendan Ryan: One will get a BSc in engineering in UCD. That is the plan and I think it will be followed in the whole third level sector. Therefore, people will have three years of free fees followed by two years in which to get a properly recognised degree in engineering where fees will be re-introduced for two out of the five years, in other words, 40% of the student's time. This is fees by the back...