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Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (26 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: The Senator is quoting Deputy Quinn out of context.

Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (26 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: Why did the Taoiseach announce it would not be done?

Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (26 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: I never said that. The figure was 200,000.

Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (26 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: The Taoiseach said that the Government had done so.

Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (26 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: I despair of Fianna Fáil. It is impossible to get them to engage with reality. They live in their own spin-doctored world.

Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (26 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: Senator Feighan wanted to know how the low level of eligibility for medical cards affects accident and emergency services. It is very simple. When people who become ill cannot afford to go to their GP for treatment, they go to an A&E service. If they could receive treatment from their GP, it would prevent them from having to go to hospital. It is the simplest thing in the world. That Fianna...

Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (26 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: —that Fianna Fáil lives in a cloud above reality, reading speeches and using information provided by its €20 million a year spin doctors. The Minister for Health and Children mentioned the primary care groups. Who would argue that they are not a great idea? However, to cater for 80,000 people – the word in the script was "client", but he corrected it to "people"– costs €4.5 million...

Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (26 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: It was one of Fianna Fail's previous leader who developed the joys of spending public money on expensive restaurants and he told them all about it. Fianna Fáil Senators claim that this threshold of €138 is not a priority. The most fundamental priority is to enable people to attend their GP when they are ill, not when they have money in their pocket. If Fianna Fáil does not understand that...

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: On the issue of the two Members of the Oireachtas, I support fully what Senator O'Toole said. I do not want to go into too much detail because the matter is still ongoing. I share his indignation that a Garda magazine should suggest some similarities. Whatever our frailties or faults, these two Houses represent the elected representatives of the people, whose job it is, for better or worse,...

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: They were murdered because someone chose irresponsibly to use lethal force in an area where they could not have been in any doubt what would happen if anything went wrong. It behoves us to say this to people we claim as our friends. They are creating the most appalling conflict in the world. Yesterday the representatives of the Al-Jazeera television network were banned from Wall Street.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: It was said it was a problem about accommodation which was in short supply. Therefore, it is reported to the Arab world that the defenders of freedom will not allow a free medium from the Arab world to report on what is happening in one part of the United States. An English language website was set up yesterday. It has been inaccessible because it has been constantly bombarded by the most...

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: That is the reason I want to say— (Interruptions).

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: It is a speech, and I am proud of the fact.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: I know the difference between right and wrong and I am very happy to stand up and say so. I denounced the Provisional IRA in this House in language that could not be questioned. I will not be silent and let others do the same things just because they claim the cloak of respectability.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: It is not propaganda.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: We heard that before.

Seanad: Employment Permits Bill 2003: Second Stage. (27 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: They can be registered to vote.

Seanad: Employment Permits Bill 2003: Second Stage. (27 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: They will not vote for Fianna Fáil after that speech.

Seanad: Employment Permits Bill 2003: Second Stage. (27 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: When they hear what the Senator said, they will not vote for Fianna Fáil.

Seanad: Employment Permits Bill 2003: Second Stage. (27 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: I would not go down the road of suspect pasts, if I was a member of Fianna Fáil.