Results 3,221-3,240 of 6,030 for speaker:Brendan Ryan
- Seanad: National Development Plan: Motion (7 Feb 2007)
Brendan Ryan: Absolutely.
- Seanad: National Development Plan: Motion (7 Feb 2007)
Brendan Ryan: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Second Stage (7 Feb 2007)
Brendan Ryan: George Bush would agree.
- Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Second Stage (7 Feb 2007)
Brendan Ryan: We are still banning the whiteboys, that is retained legislation.
- Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Second Stage (7 Feb 2007)
Brendan Ryan: Do not start on that topic.
- Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Second Stage (7 Feb 2007)
Brendan Ryan: They could not go on any other route in those days. There was no other road.
- Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Second Stage (7 Feb 2007)
Brendan Ryan: There would be no fear of the Senatorââ
- Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Second Stage (7 Feb 2007)
Brendan Ryan: Seans go bhfuil tagairt nó dhó dár dteanga dúchais i measc na reachtaÃochta atá le scriosadh. Táim ag smaoineamh ar thosú an fheachtais chun deighilt a chur i bhfeidhm idir â mar a deir an tseanreachtaÃocht â "the Irish enemies and the English". Is mar sin a luaitear iad, agus b'fhéidir gur cheart dom labhairt as Gaoluinn beagáinÃn. Tá rudaà ann, go mórmhór sa...
- Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Second Stage (7 Feb 2007)
Brendan Ryan: In the list of statutes I found numerous references to drink through titles concerning either beerhouses, spirits, drunkards or inebriates. I yet have to meet a lawyer who can tell me the difference between a drunk and an inebriate.
- Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Second Stage (7 Feb 2007)
Brendan Ryan: Among the team of very brilliant people who drafted this legislation is a good friend and occasional adviser of mine. I hope he will explain to me the difference between a drunk and an inebriate. I suppose it is the difference between depression and elation. It is time we dispensed with so much of the offensive language contained in legislation such as "lunatics", "imbeciles" and so forth....
- Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Second Stage (7 Feb 2007)
Brendan Ryan: Another statute dealt with the abandonment of railways. It makes one wonder how much the world really changes. I was fascinated by the Tithing of Turnips Act 1835. I accept the Minister of State may not be able to cast some light on this, unless he has been doing a wonderful amount of reading. Why is legislation dealing with the tithing of turnips which have been severed from the ground...
- Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Second Stage (7 Feb 2007)
Brendan Ryan: Brehon law is referred to in one of the statutes being given a stay of execution. Are we effectively saying that there was no rule of law before 1169, the year of invasion? Interesting themes can be identified in the evolution of legislation. One is the gradual progression of the abolition of slavery in which the British Parliament was the most enlightened in the world at the time. One of...
- Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Second Stage (7 Feb 2007)
Brendan Ryan: Yes, but 200 years ago no one was enlightened about women's rights. Even women were not enlightened about their rights. The slavery theme grows and one can observe a timeline in the increase of the ferocity of the legislation against it. Since I was first elected to the Seanad, I have always argued the phrase "vagrancy" should not exist in legislation. It is not as offensive as "imbecile"...
- Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Second Stage (7 Feb 2007)
Brendan Ryan: I found the phrase "reproductive loans" amusing and shows the wonderful way language changes over centuries. I was intrigued to find references to the national debt.
- Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed). (7 Feb 2007)
Brendan Ryan: A description of one of the Acts being repealed refers to the "English not to stir up war". I am not sure, in view of Prime Minister Tony Blair's activities, whether we are wise in repealing such legislation. This Bill is not the stuff of high politics or high conflict, but it is an education and privilege to be involved in the debate. We could go on forever entertaining each other with...
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)
Brendan Ryan: Yesterday in Dublin, there was a meeting of representatives of people working in the health services other than doctors and nurses, namely, support staff, clerical staff, etc. Their simple demand was for the people who are paid to manage the health services to do so. Their complaint, which was articulated in a dozen ways, focused on one issue, that is, no one will take a decision or...
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)
Brendan Ryan: The Government is hiding behind the HSE.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)
Brendan Ryan: There was a long period when that was not the case.
- Seanad: Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (8 Feb 2007)
Brendan Ryan: Lest my silence might be interpreted as disagreeing with my colleagues, I repeat that I have no inherent objection to requiring older people who are in long-term care or in nursing homes to make a contribution. My problem has always been with means tests. Means tests are either so severe that they exclude vast numbers of people or, if they are limited to determining those who can afford to...
- Seanad: Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (8 Feb 2007)
Brendan Ryan: Is that on the assumption that such people will have been obliged to sell their homes by then?