Results 2,681-2,700 of 6,030 for speaker:Brendan Ryan
- Seanad: National Economic and Social Development Office Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (21 Jun 2006)
Brendan Ryan: What would the Taoiseach do then?
- Seanad: National Economic and Social Development Office Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (21 Jun 2006)
Brendan Ryan: That is what it looks like.
- Seanad: National Economic and Social Development Office Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (21 Jun 2006)
Brendan Ryan: That is what those in Department of Finance think.
- Seanad: National Economic and Social Development Office Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (21 Jun 2006)
Brendan Ryan: Senator Mansergh means when, not if.
- Seanad: National Economic and Social Development Office Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (21 Jun 2006)
Brendan Ryan: May I respond?
- Seanad: National Economic and Social Development Office Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (21 Jun 2006)
Brendan Ryan: I have amendments tabledââ
- Seanad: National Economic and Social Development Office Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (21 Jun 2006)
Brendan Ryan: If I had realised that I would not be allowed to reply to my own amendments, I would not have agreed to them being grouped.
- Seanad: National Economic and Social Development Office Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (21 Jun 2006)
Brendan Ryan: Yes, but I am entitled to reply.
- Seanad: National Economic and Social Development Office Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (21 Jun 2006)
Brendan Ryan: When I move an amendment I am entitled to reply under Standing Orders.
- Seanad: National Economic and Social Development Office Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (21 Jun 2006)
Brendan Ryan: I will learn in future not to be agreeable.
- Seanad: National Economic and Social Development Office Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (21 Jun 2006)
Brendan Ryan: I move amendment No. 7: In page 6, lines 23 and 24, to delete ", to such extent as may be sanctioned by the Minister for Finance,". I still believe I should have the right to reply.
- Seanad: National Economic and Social Development Office Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (21 Jun 2006)
Brendan Ryan: I agreed to a procedure for convenience.
- Seanad: National Economic and Social Development Office Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (21 Jun 2006)
Brendan Ryan: In future on Report Stage I will not agree to amendments being grouped.
- Seanad: National Economic and Social Development Office Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (21 Jun 2006)
Brendan Ryan: We learn all the time.
- Seanad: National Economic and Social Development Office Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (21 Jun 2006)
Brendan Ryan: I appreciate the Chair's indulgence. I am not trying to turn the Taoiseach into a dictator. What I am trying to do is to reinforce a constitutional order which clearly only applies in the case of the Taoiseach. My own view is that a phrase such as "the Taoiseach, with the consent of the Minister for Finance", is a standard, stock phrase that goes into all legislation where it would be "the...
- Seanad: National Economic and Social Development Office Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (21 Jun 2006)
Brendan Ryan: I move amendment No. 8: In page 12, line 9, to delete ", with the consent of the Minister for Finance,".
- Seanad: National Economic and Social Development Office Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (21 Jun 2006)
Brendan Ryan: I thank the Minister of State, in spite of all my grumblings, for responding to a genuine issue. It is not easy to bring back legislation that has been around for four years. If a press release appears from me in which I make comments about incompetence that is part of politics. I appreciate the fact that the Minister of State did respond thoughtfully. In the later part of the debate we dealt...
- Seanad: National Economic and Social Development Office Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (21 Jun 2006)
Brendan Ryan: The Senator should not insult the draftsman.
- Seanad: National Economic and Social Development Office Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (21 Jun 2006)
Brendan Ryan: He will get upset.
- Seanad: National Economic and Social Development Office Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (21 Jun 2006)
Brendan Ryan: Hear, hear.