Results 2,701-2,720 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: We can organise a stay here.

Seanad: Social Partnership Agreement: Motion. (21 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: I am happy that consensus reigns, although I suspect that the next speaker on this side may make some effort to break the consensus. I am a member of the Teachers Union of Ireland, which was prominently reported as having taken exception to the agreement. My colleagues and I take exception to the agreement in the main because it implies certain things were not being done. Paragraph 31.42 of...

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: It is pleasant to acknowledge that, with the exception of one phrase, I am at one with Senator O'Toole on the Irish language issue.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: The Irish language is the property of the people and not the property of one party or even one family. Actions are being taken to advance the image of grandfather reincarnated, which are doing the language great harm. The best thing that could be done is to ensure that in respect of every school atá ag iarraidh múineadh as Gaeilge go bhfuil téacsleabhair ar fáil acu gur féidir a úsáid...

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: That is what I thought. However, they are being paid——

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: The chief executive of one of our biggest banks is paid three or four times more than the chief executive of Toyota Motor Corporation. Apparently, he believes he is worth it. However, no one has tried to recruit him to go elsewhere. A debate is required as to how a banker can be paid ten times as much as the Taoiseach. This is an issue worthy of political debate. It is a pity the Taoiseach...

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: This is why Senator Dardis and I are in different parties.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: On the cheap.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: The committee of 14.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: We are still talking to each other.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: I never described it thus. It is the top four.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: They will need to find another way to avoid paying.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Perhaps the Taoiseach would say that sometime.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: It is hard to do that.

Seanad: National Sports Campus Development Authority Bill 2006: Second Stage. (27 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Private hospitals can be built on the land.

Seanad: National Sports Campus Development Authority Bill 2006: Second Stage. (27 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: I am always rude about welcoming Ministers. I miss Deputy O'Donoghue as Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform because, while he was every bit as argumentative as his successor, he was much more good humoured in the process. That is a backhanded compliment, which he cannot repeat around the Cabinet table. I was spokesperson on justice issues when the Minister held the portfolio and I...

Seanad: National Sports Campus Development Authority Bill 2006: Second Stage. (27 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Yes. It was more than the hare. As far as I could ascertain, many dogs were also sitting when they should have been running, or running when they should have been sitting. Although everyone else appears to be in favour of the measure, I am not happy that amateur sportspersons face the same drugs regime as that which is imposed on professionals, or that intercounty GAA players can be tested...

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Is é an t-aon rud a déarfaidh mé ná é seo. Níl an comhairleoir contae de chuid Fhianna Fáil a toghadh le déanaí in Iarthar Duibhneach ar aon aigne leis an Seanadóir Ó Tuathail. Sin an méid a déarfaidh mé. Tá a fhios ag——

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: I am simply correcting a factual error. A Fianna Fáil councillor elected in that area, Breandán MacGearailt, is not in favour of Senator O'Toole's proposal.

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Let us not spend our lives contesting the next Seanad election on the matter of a town name. Seanad Éireann has other serious issues to deal with.