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Seanad: Cancer Screening Programme: Motion. (19 Feb 2003)

Brendan Ryan: The Senator might talk about women for one minute instead of talking about the Labour Party. He should say something constructive.

Seanad: Cancer Screening Programme: Motion. (19 Feb 2003)

Brendan Ryan: The programme was to be completed in 2002.

Seanad: Cancer Screening Programme: Motion. (19 Feb 2003)

Brendan Ryan: The Senator should talk about now.

Seanad: Cancer Screening Programme: Motion. (19 Feb 2003)

Brendan Ryan: What about the the Fianna Fáil manifesto?

Seanad: Cancer Screening Programme: Motion. (19 Feb 2003)

Brendan Ryan: Senator O'Rourke would never interrupt in such a manner.

Seanad: Cancer Screening Programme: Motion. (19 Feb 2003)

Brendan Ryan: Most of this debate has been conducted in a reasonably constructive spirit. The voters of Westmeath decisively answered the Senator who commented on the role of the Labour Party by coming down on the side of my party chairman, particularly in Mullingar. That argument in Westmeath is over and it is time it ended here because we wish to engage in serious political debate. Much of the time I...

Seanad: Cancer Screening Programme: Motion. (19 Feb 2003)

Brendan Ryan: He was referring to a situation where money is scarce. I do not accept that it is. The Government is constrained by ideology from using the funding at its disposal because it will not act in a sensible manner. That would require it to prioritise and borrow sensibly and intelligently for capital projects that are economic while using current resources to fund current problems, among them the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Feb 2003)

Brendan Ryan: I look forward to the free vote tomorrow. I do not recall the House agreeing to all Stages of the Opticians (Amendment) Bill 2002 being taken today. Now—

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Feb 2003)

Brendan Ryan: On the grounds of good humour and goodwill, my party will not object strongly. However, this should not be taken as a precedent. Report Stage should be taken separately because it would not be the first occasion on which an omission arose and was only spotted later. I ask the Leader first to find out what is happening and, second, organise a debate in the House regarding the extraordinary...

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Feb 2003)

Brendan Ryan: Will the Leader facilitate a debate on this issue? Senator O'Toole has told us often enough about the other provisions. We hear at least once a week about his great achievements. I would like to hear about the parts the Society of St. Vincent de Paul does not like.

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Feb 2003)

Brendan Ryan: I suspect Senator O'Toole would not agree with the Cathaoirleach.

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Feb 2003)

Brendan Ryan: That is a bit rich coming from the Senator.

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Feb 2003)

Brendan Ryan: I agree with Senator Brian Hayes about the need for a discussion on pensions. The country was fed a view on private pensions, based on an ever-growing stock market, during the past ten years. On the last occasion the stock market fell as precipitously as it has during the past three years, it took the Dow Jones 30 years to recover. This means anyone over 35 faces the prospect of a much more...

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Feb 2003)

Brendan Ryan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Feb 2003)

Brendan Ryan: Is that a hint?

Seanad: Opticians (Amendment) Bill 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages. (25 Feb 2003)

Brendan Ryan: I move amendment No. 1: In page 4, paragraph (b), lines 36 and 37, to delete "has not been declared bankrupt" and substitute "is not an undischarged bankrupt". I am advised that the reference to bankruptcy is to those in a condition of undischarged bankruptcy. As the Bill is written, however, it appears that if a person becomes bankrupt once, he or she can never be an optometrist again....

Seanad: Opticians (Amendment) Bill 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages. (25 Feb 2003)

Brendan Ryan: I do not intend to delay the House unnecessarily on this. What advice has the Minister received on the matter? My understanding, on the basis of explanations I have received, is that once a person is declared bankrupt, he or she can never again practice as an optometrist. Is it the Minister's understanding that the prohibition applies only while a person is in the state of bankruptcy? Does it...

Seanad: Opticians (Amendment) Bill 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages. (25 Feb 2003)

Brendan Ryan: I appreciate the complications involved in that the issue does not relate solely to this Bill. However, before it is enacted into law, we should clarify precisely what the phrase means. While I know that any Senator who might be declared bankrupt would immediately cease to be a Member of the Oireachtas, I am not sure that one would be prohibited from running again if the provision was...

Seanad: Opticians (Amendment) Bill 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages. (25 Feb 2003)

Brendan Ryan: Perhaps the Government does, to coin a point.

Seanad: Opticians (Amendment) Bill 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages. (25 Feb 2003)

Brendan Ryan: My counterpart in the other House might not be so agreeable. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Question proposed: "That section 5 stand part of the Bill."