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- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (11 Oct 2006)
Brendan Ryan: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Energy Resources: Motion (11 Oct 2006)
Brendan Ryan: An Spidéal â nÃl baile ar bith leis an ainm a luaigh an t-Aire Stáit sa tÃr a thuilleadh.
- Seanad: Energy Resources: Motion (11 Oct 2006)
Brendan Ryan: An ainm atá ar an baile sin ná An Spidéal.
- Seanad: Energy Resources: Motion (11 Oct 2006)
Brendan Ryan: One could not be against the motion in a deeply felt way because, given the way it normally does business, it is good the Government is doing something. However, one would love to get to the stage of having some sense of the sights being raised to a real vision of the future. I concede that the target of 30% of electricity generation from renewable sources by 2020 is a serious and demanding...
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Oct 2006)
Brendan Ryan: We have a very competent university.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Oct 2006)
Brendan Ryan: As a long-time colleague of Dr. Manning, I fully share Senator O'Toole's opinion with regard to the appointment. I am at a loss to understand how anybody could have treated SSIAs in the manner described by Senator Brian Hayes. It is as if somebody, perhaps in a more financially focused area than the Department of Education and Science, has decided that SSIAs were a big mistake and wanted to...
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Oct 2006)
Brendan Ryan: That is correct.
- Seanad: Ageism Policy: Statements (12 Oct 2006)
Brendan Ryan: And me.
- Seanad: Ageism Policy: Statements (12 Oct 2006)
Brendan Ryan: Sixty.
- Seanad: Ageism Policy: Statements (12 Oct 2006)
Brendan Ryan: We are only youngsters.
- Seanad: Ageism Policy: Statements (12 Oct 2006)
Brendan Ryan: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit agus roimh an dÃospóireacht seo. It is probably the day for advertising one's age. I turned 60 during the summer and I do not feel or notice any difference. I understand 55 years is the age at which one joins the ranks of the elderly. Such categorisation is ridiculous. I believed that as much when I was 20 as I do now. I am sorry I was not here for...
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2006)
Brendan Ryan: The Taoiseach will be relieved to know Senator O'Toole agrees with him occasionally as he is well known as a critic of the Taoiseach.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2006)
Brendan Ryan: I have a note here from the Disability Federation of Ireland stating it seeks a debate in the Seanad on many issues relating to the sectoral plans. This can be done in two ways. I understand the Government will propose that some time in the medium-term future there will be a talking heads session. The correct way is to postpone approval of this until it has been debated. The only other...
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2006)
Brendan Ryan: Give us a break. Where a woman is sick, she cannot be treated.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2006)
Brendan Ryan: He did it all on his own.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2006)
Brendan Ryan: That will be a long time.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2006)
Brendan Ryan: Yes.
- Seanad: Current Situation in the Middle East: Statements (18 Oct 2006)
Brendan Ryan: What do we do if they do not?
- Seanad: Current Situation in the Middle East: Statements (18 Oct 2006)
Brendan Ryan: We shall roll over.
- Seanad: Current Situation in the Middle East: Statements (18 Oct 2006)
Brendan Ryan: Will Senator Mooney show us photographs of the children injured by those bombs? It would be good to see a photograph of the children as well as the photograph of the Israeli soldier.