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Seanad: Use of Irish Airports: Motion. (8 Mar 2006)

Brendan Ryan: It knows this will be an issue in the general election. The idea was put about that there was no majority in this House for this motion. I defy the Senators on the Government benches to say they will have a free vote to see where the majority lies.

Seanad: Use of Irish Airports: Motion. (8 Mar 2006)

Brendan Ryan: They are afraid not to whip their own into line——

Seanad: Use of Irish Airports: Motion. (8 Mar 2006)

Brendan Ryan: ——because the Government has told them they must kowtow to Uncle Sam, they must not upset Condoleezza Rice or stand for a principle because they will upset their friends in Washington the week before St. Patrick's Day, on which day they will eat, drink and be merry with a man who is responsible for at least 50,000 deaths in Iraq. That is what they stand for. God be with Dan Breen——

Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Mar 2006)

Brendan Ryan: While I am happy to support Senator O'Toole, I never thought I would support an amendment to the Offences against the State Act.

Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Mar 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Nevertheless common sense must rule here.

Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Mar 2006)

Brendan Ryan: The Senator should wait until I get really biased and prejudiced, then he would have something to talk about. While I thought I was supporting him, obviously my support was not to his satisfaction. With every passing day it becomes increasingly urgent to have a debate about the way in which the debt incurred by Aer Rianta and officially, we were told, now incurred by the Dublin Airport...

Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Mar 2006)

Brendan Ryan: It is probably the blinding lights on the dual carriageway that are affecting Senator Dardis.

Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Mar 2006)

Brendan Ryan: It is appallingly lit, marked, signposted and unpoliced. The official speed limit on most stretches is 60 km/h. I was driving at 80 km/h as was every other car and was overtaken by trucks at speeds of at least 90 km/h if not 100 km/h on a road that barely has room for two carriageways. If anybody is unlucky a major disaster will occur on the road. We should either enforce the law or change...

Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Mar 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Mar 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Mar 2006)

Brendan Ryan: People might talk.

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Mar 2006)

Brendan Ryan: I agree with Senator Brian Hayes on the issue of RTE, but we are used to that body being more susceptible to a Fianna Fáil-dominated Government's pressures.

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Mar 2006)

Brendan Ryan: We only have to remember the famous programme on Fine Gael, the equivalent of which RTE would not dare produce if it concerned Fianna Fáil. RTE would back down and run away before it would do it.

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Mar 2006)

Brendan Ryan: RTE would never traduce a Fianna Fáil leader in Opposition the way it traduced Deputy Noonan. It would not dare, as it is not in its spirit or its water to do it.

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Mar 2006)

Brendan Ryan: While I am used to RTE's capitulation, I am not used to the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform running away from the leader of the Labour Party. It is a commentary on the failure of the Government on the law and order issue, the protection of our citizens and leaving them feeling safe on the streets, that the Minister is afraid to debate the issue with the leader of the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Mar 2006)

Brendan Ryan: ——and of using another Nazi analogy or another offensive term. Perhaps he is merely afraid.

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Mar 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Perhaps he will come in to debate the matter here in the slightly more salubrious atmosphere of the Seanad. Some way or another, this Minister has to debate the issue of why he has failed to protect citizens from crime on the streets.

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Mar 2006)

Brendan Ryan: If he does not do it on television he should do it in the Houses of the Oireachtas.

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Mar 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Fianna Fáil is so proud of him that it demands that he come to talk to its parliamentary party to explain his failure. That is how proud the party is. We should have less of the wind and more of the reality. We are in a position where the Garda is less and less successful at solving crime and where people living in middle and working class estates are frightened to go out at night. The...

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Mar 2006)

Brendan Ryan: On the issue raised by Senator O'Toole, it has been my view that for at least 40 years, the Department of Finance has wanted to close down our railways. There is no other logical reason to explain why there is an obstacle to expanding the rail network every step of the way. Sheer pressure forced us to expand passenger rail, and the Department is clearly determined not to allow the same to...