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Seanad: Institutes of Technology Bill 2006: Second Stage. (5 Jul 2006)

Brendan Ryan: I will not take much of that five minutes. I would like to reiterate, in the presence of the Minister, that if we are to have genuine equality, somebody has to make sure that it is manifest and visible on the campuses, in the student facilities and in terms of staff accommodation. Like most staff members in institutes of technology, I am based in office accommodation that is worse than that...

Seanad: Institutes of Technology Bill 2006: Second Stage. (5 Jul 2006)

Brendan Ryan: In my opinion, the safest place to have a university is a good distance away.

Seanad: Institutes of Technology Bill 2006: Second Stage. (5 Jul 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Institutes of Technology Bill 2006: Second Stage. (5 Jul 2006)

Brendan Ryan: The Minister should ask the students about that.

Seanad: Institutes of Technology Bill 2006: Second Stage. (5 Jul 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Naturally, they would do that. What does the Minister expect?

Seanad: Institutes of Technology Bill 2006: Second Stage. (5 Jul 2006)

Brendan Ryan: I will tell my director that.

Seanad: Foreign Conflicts: Motion. (5 Jul 2006)

Brendan Ryan: I move: That Seanad Éireann, —noting with alarm the deteriorating relations between Israel and the Palestinian people, —convinced that violence in this situation is both morally unjustified and politically counter productive, —nevertheless recognises the disproportionate burden of suffering inflicted on the Palestinian people by the actions of the Government and armed forces of Israel...

Seanad: Foreign Conflicts: Motion. (5 Jul 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Yes, I will speak and then Senator Bradford will speak.

Seanad: Foreign Conflicts: Motion. (5 Jul 2006)

Brendan Ryan: We will let the Independent Senators in on this occasion.

Seanad: Foreign Conflicts: Motion. (5 Jul 2006)

Brendan Ryan: I assure the Senator that I am still an independent at heart with a very free spirit. I am glad to have the opportunity presented by this motion to speak on this issue. I want to talk calmly about it, but I am not sure I will because what is happening currently in the illegally occupied territories in Palestine is an event of horrific brutality. I want to get through all of what are now...

Seanad: Foreign Conflicts: Motion. (5 Jul 2006)

Brendan Ryan: It is clear but daft.

Seanad: Foreign Conflicts: Motion. (5 Jul 2006)

Brendan Ryan: So have I.

Seanad: Foreign Conflicts: Motion. (5 Jul 2006)

Brendan Ryan: If the Senator listened to me instead of talking to the Minister he would have heard me explain that.

Seanad: Foreign Conflicts: Motion. (5 Jul 2006)

Brendan Ryan: No big deal.

Seanad: Foreign Conflicts: Motion. (5 Jul 2006)

Brendan Ryan: And blow up another 15 year old.

Seanad: Foreign Conflicts: Motion. (5 Jul 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Foreign Conflicts: Motion. (5 Jul 2006)

Brendan Ryan: How would it do that?

Seanad: Foreign Conflicts: Motion. (5 Jul 2006)

Brendan Ryan: It is the same on the BBC.

Seanad: Foreign Conflicts: Motion. (5 Jul 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Senator Minihan should listen and discover what people are saying.

Seanad: Foreign Conflicts: Motion. (5 Jul 2006)

Brendan Ryan: It used to be.