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Seanad: Current Situation in the Middle East: Statements (Resumed) (18 Oct 2006)

Brendan Ryan: I thank the Acting Leader for amending the Order of Business to allow me to make a few comments. I welcome the Minister of State to the debate. I apologise to Senator Mooney for shouting at him. I believe it is unwise to deal in visual images because we could get into a competition over which visual images are worst and such images would get worse and worse. Many Members from all sides of...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Oct 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Lust?

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Oct 2006)

Brendan Ryan: He brought a bit of lust as well.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Oct 2006)

Brendan Ryan: I compliment Senator O'Toole on the fact that Dingle's placename issue has now reached the august columns of this morning's edition of The Guardian. The inability to publish the report into the Leas Cross mess is a direct consequence of the abdication of responsibility by the Minister for Health and Children to the HSE. If that report had been commissioned by the Minister and supplied to...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Oct 2006)

Brendan Ryan: We should not see him as a potential rescuer for a State company that was wrongly privatised. The 2006 report of the National Competitiveness Council was published recently and, as usual, it gained a couple of headlines about wage rates. It contains pages upon pages of other things, however, that should worry anyone concerned about the future. The number of areas where the country's...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Oct 2006)

Brendan Ryan: I would like us to have a long debate on competitiveness centred on this very worrying report. Either the National Competitiveness Council does not know what it is talking about, which I do not believe to be the case, or we face a problem and not because of people's wage rates or increases that have been negotiated. That is how competitiveness is portrayed in this country, it is seen as...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Oct 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Mental Health Commission Report 2005: Statements (19 Oct 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. One should say at the outset that there is no disputing the enthusiasm and commitment the Minister of State has brought to the debate. I may have some negative comments to make about the outcomes of his enthusiasm and commitment but, as Senator Henry said some years ago, she believed he was the first Minister with responsibility for mental health who visited...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Oct 2006)

Brendan Ryan: We should have a regular debate on road safety. Two students from a class of 28 students I teach have been killed in road accidents in the past six months, one at Easter and another last week. One could not meet a nicer bunch of young people; they are a credit to their age group. These deaths are an appalling tragedy. If we are to do anything for our young people, we must do what is...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Oct 2006)

Brendan Ryan: I am being a good deal more restrained than the previous speaker and just because I was on the losing side——

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Oct 2006)

Brendan Ryan: The first impact on tourism of this allegedly pro-tourism decision was to reduce the number of tourists.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Oct 2006)

Brendan Ryan: By one who made it public. Nevertheless, he is the person who felt obliged to do so and I hope that the people of Dingle have not made a profound mistake in terms of their tourism identity. This morning, the treatment of mushroom pickers was discussed on "Morning Ireland". For too long, I have heard of the treatment of migrant workers in that industry. People talked about being paid €5...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Nov 2006)

Brendan Ryan: My sympathies are with Senator O'Toole. I can never understand why matters cannot be reported or discussed in the Oireachtas which can be discussed elsewhere. It is for us to organise our business but I believe the Senator has a genuine point. Yesterday's report by the Central Bank of Ireland on lending had many items in it which would concern one. However, the most disturbing item I heard...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Everything that has been said about the committee is more than deserved. As was the case with the DIRT inquiry and other investigations, its work demonstrates that empowered Members of the Oireachtas can address issues and serve natural justice with a level of capacity and skill that does not seem to be evident outside these Houses. The only Member of the Oireachtas who managed to make a...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Members of the Oireachtas are apparently more capable of understanding the nuances of sub judice than are members of the Cabinet, despite the high powered advice given to the latter. I second the amendment to the Order of Business proposed by Senator Brian Hayes. This issue is not just about history. The Health Service Executive has now insisted that there be no further admissions to a...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2006)

Brendan Ryan: That report might not be published.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Was it untrue? What was wrong with my statement? It was a statement of fact.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2006)

Brendan Ryan: It was an act of gross irresponsibility.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Obviously sensitivities were affected.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2006)

Brendan Ryan: The Leader opened her mouth to say my comment was not worthy.