Results 2,661-2,680 of 6,030 for speaker:Brendan Ryan

Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: The Senator would not have been told.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (21 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (21 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: The whole world is watching.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (21 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (21 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (21 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: That is a gross oversimplification.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (21 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: I know that. The Leader is a woman of great discretion.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (21 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: When they were caught. The alternative was to go to prison so they had to pay.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (21 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: I refer to the sad case of the three children who were killed in Gaza.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (21 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: National Economic and Social Development Office Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (21 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: I move amendment No. 1: In page 5, line 8, after "AS" to insert "OIFIG NÁISIÚNTA D'FHORBAIRT EACNAMAÍOCH AGUS SHÓISIALACH, OR IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE". I am reintroducing these amendments, which we discussed yesterday, not because I am annoyed but because I think the Bill contains a measure of drafting inconsistency. I can find no convincing reason for the Government not to accept them,...

Seanad: National Economic and Social Development Office Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (21 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: I am intrigued. There are two issues involved here. One is the status of the Irish language, about which Fianna Fáil can sometimes be very eloquent. I wish its deeds matched its eloquence but, nevertheless, there is a considerable group of people within Fianna Fáil with whom I would identify because of their genuine commitment to the Irish language. I am thinking in particular of people...

Seanad: National Economic and Social Development Office Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (21 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: I have spoken, yes.

Seanad: National Economic and Social Development Office Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (21 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: This is neither sloppy nor eccentric.

Seanad: National Economic and Social Development Office Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (21 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: However, a process which allows contradictory advice to come from two different staff members in a Department is sloppy and eccentric. That is not a commentary on either of the individuals involved, or any number of individuals, but is a commentary on the process for which — I do not want to be nasty about this — the Chief Whip is one of those who should take responsibility. He is...

Seanad: National Economic and Social Development Office Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (21 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: The constitutional position is extremely clear. I wish to move my amendments.

Seanad: National Economic and Social Development Office Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (21 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: All of my amendments are of a similar tone. It is simply not true to suggest the Minister for Finance has a constitutional position which requires that the Taoiseach receives his or her permission. It could not be the case. I checked the Constitution. I accept that the office of the Minister for Finance is a constitutional position but the fundamental constitutional principle is that the...

Seanad: National Economic and Social Development Office Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (21 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: That is not quite what I said, but in the spirit of a fine sunny afternoon I refuse to be provoked.

Seanad: National Economic and Social Development Office Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (21 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Should he be able to veto the Taoiseach?