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Seanad: Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (7 Dec 2006)

Brendan Ryan: I know that. It was a different world. The fundamental problem is that the Department of Finance which runs the Department of Health and Children has set its face against a universalist system of provision for older people. It is determined to squeeze blood out of dying turnips. The fundamental issue in this regard is the Department's desire to make people pay, regardless of the human...

Seanad: Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (7 Dec 2006)

Brendan Ryan: I can do sums. I know what percentages are.

Seanad: Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (7 Dec 2006)

Brendan Ryan: I appreciate that. The Acting Chairman is also very good at sums.

Seanad: Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (7 Dec 2006)

Brendan Ryan: I have outlined my fundamental view. Other issues of detail will need to be considered. The fundamental value system that underlines this legislation is antiquated, outdated and ungenerous.

Seanad: Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (7 Dec 2006)

Brendan Ryan: What constitutes due hardship for an older person?

Seanad: Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (7 Dec 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Big deal.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2006)

Brendan Ryan: It is far worse.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2006)

Brendan Ryan: A first cousin of Proinsias de Rossa.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2006)

Brendan Ryan: In the number of years I have spent in this House I have frequently ended up in the company of people regarded by some members of the Garda as subversives. In such cases I noticed that whether three people were attending a meeting or 20, there was never a shortage of gardaí to keep an eye on these suspected subversives. They would incessantly follow these people around, visit their homes...

Seanad: Genealogy and Heraldry Bill 2006: Order for Second Stage (12 Dec 2006)

Brendan Ryan: I move: "That Second Stage be taken today."

Seanad: Genealogy and Heraldry Bill 2006: Second Stage (12 Dec 2006)

Brendan Ryan: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." Cuirim fíor-chaoin fáilte roimh an Aire Ealaíon, Spóirt agus Turasóireachta. Bímse agus an tAire ar aon aigne faoi a lán rudaí ó am go ham. Tá a fhios aige go bhfuil roinnt mhaith suime agam i gcuid bheag dá Dháilcheantar. Tá a fhios aige fós gur féidir linn aontú faoi rudaí ó am go ham, ach ní fios cad a déarfaidh sé...

Seanad: Genealogy and Heraldry Bill 2006: Second Stage (12 Dec 2006)

Brendan Ryan: My advice is that it does not need to be defined. One does not need to define in legislation words that have only one meaning. Since this word has only one meaning, it does not need to be defined. Only words that are capable of ambiguous interpretation need to be defined in legislation. Since this word is not capable of ambiguous interpretation——

Seanad: Genealogy and Heraldry Bill 2006: Second Stage (12 Dec 2006)

Brendan Ryan: I said it is not capable of ambiguous interpretation, so I am right.

Seanad: Genealogy and Heraldry Bill 2006: Second Stage (12 Dec 2006)

Brendan Ryan: With a literary giant on either side of me I am reluctant to become entangled. However Senator Mansergh is also wrong.

Seanad: Genealogy and Heraldry Bill 2006: Second Stage (12 Dec 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Of course, and Senator Quinn is also involved.

Seanad: Genealogy and Heraldry Bill 2006: Second Stage (12 Dec 2006)

Brendan Ryan: This legislation is a classic example of the sort of work Seanad Éireann can do that will not be done anywhere else. I appeal to the Minister to let the debate persist. If we vote it down now, the people who believe it is necessary will begin again. Their agenda is not political but relates to our heritage. They want to see the resolution of what they believe to be ambiguity. Perhaps...

Seanad: Genealogy and Heraldry Bill 2006: Second Stage (12 Dec 2006)

Brendan Ryan: How did the Minister know what I would say before I said it?

Seanad: Genealogy and Heraldry Bill 2006: Second Stage (12 Dec 2006)

Brendan Ryan: There should be some subtlety in the scriptwriting.

Seanad: Genealogy and Heraldry Bill 2006: Second Stage (12 Dec 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Ní féidir leis an Rialtas an reachtaíocht a leasú.

Seanad: Genealogy and Heraldry Bill 2006: Second Stage (12 Dec 2006)

Brendan Ryan: And to my own as well.