Results 501-520 of 6,030 for speaker:Brendan Ryan

Seanad: Local Government Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (6 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: It is the amendment in the Bill to local elections regulations, section 6 (e) which states that where, at an election, a person is elected as a member for two or more local authorities, the person shall declare which one of those authorities the person chooses to represent. Without this, would it be possible for people to be a member of two different county councils? The explanatory...

Seanad: Local Government Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (6 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: The Minister is great at selecting quotations.

Seanad: Local Government Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (6 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: I mentioned this before. The Minister will have to be careful.

Seanad: Local Government Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (6 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: The Minister is a past master at this now.

Seanad: Local Government Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (6 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: We need it too. We tried it once and succeeded.

Seanad: Order of Business. (12 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: Is this the Order of Business?

Seanad: Order of Business. (12 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: Is it in order to read out the details of a statutory instrument on the Order of Business?

Seanad: Order of Business. (12 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: I have already read the Order Paper.

Seanad: Order of Business. (12 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: The last time I saw Fianna Fáil in full flight trying to silence somebody, their target was the Ombudsman, who was making trouble for that party on that occasion. Now, it has allies who are apparently even more enthusiastic about silencing people than was Mr. C. J. Haughey at his worst. Perhaps Mr. Haughey's protégé is becoming more visible as a clone of the mentor.

Seanad: Order of Business. (12 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: Yes, and Senators on the Government side will hear it again with considerable vigour because they are caught badly on this issue. The real nature of the Government, which is running away with itself, has been exposed to public view. They have jumped into their bunkers and are afraid to debate. They ran away from Second Stage of this debate.

Seanad: Order of Business. (12 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: They ran away from the debate.

Seanad: Order of Business. (12 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: I believe I have made my point. I formally second Senator Hayes's proposal that No. 2 be removed from the Order of Business. I also fully support Senator O'Toole's proposal that the sane voice of the Information Commissioner, a former very senior civil servant, ought to be introduced into this debate by a dispassionate consideration of his report. That involves not calling him names or...

Seanad: Order of Business. (12 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: How many Fianna Fáil speakers were there on the Second Stage of this debate?

Seanad: Order of Business. (12 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: Where was I? I was looking after students whom this Government wants to charge €3,000 a year. (Interruptions).

Seanad: Order of Business. (12 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: They want to charge them €3,000, I want to teach them.

Seanad: Order of Business. (12 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: I want to teach them and I offer no apologies to Fianna Fáil indifference to the welfare of young people if they start attacking me about looking after my students. That is silly nonsense. They really are back to type, the way they always were.

Seanad: Order of Business. (12 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: A Leas-Chathaoirligh, I did not raise my absence. I raised the absence of debate on Second Stage from the Government side.

Seanad: Order of Business. (12 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: I raise another issue, that is, the extraordinary fact that the Department of Health and Children, over six weeks, cannot tell a Member of the other House how many committees and commissions have been set up to look at various aspects of the health service. That is the first part. Perhaps the Leader can get the Department to do what it apparently cannot do itself. Second, none of these...

Seanad: Order of Business. (12 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: There are 205 apparently, but they do not know for certain. I would like to know if those committees are all being delayed until after the Government amends the Freedom of Information Act 1997, so that we will not know what they say. It is a mess created by this Government.

Seanad: Order of Business. (12 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: After the Bill is passed. They will not be made public.