Results 761-780 of 6,030 for speaker:Brendan Ryan

Seanad: Auctioneering Profession: Motion. (28 May 2003)

Brendan Ryan: It never ceases to amaze me that people who proclaim their commitment to the market economy and the competition model of economic efficiency always seem to be late when it comes to the most important part of competition policy – that there should be perfect knowledge to both participants in an economic transaction, yet we spend years explaining why this is a bad idea. We have a medical...

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Jun 2003)

Brendan Ryan: The contribution of the trade union movement to the shift in Irish politics to the right over the last ten years deserves to be scrutinised in great detail.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Jun 2003)

Brendan Ryan: Given that the Senator sits in the back row behind me, this is the pot calling the kettle black.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Jun 2003)

Brendan Ryan: The left is very safely in the hands of the Labour Party. I appreciate Senator O'Toole's ministrations—

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Jun 2003)

Brendan Ryan: I fully support the call for a debate on the banking system. I was astonished to hear about the high level of prices in Ireland on a radio programme as I was driving to Dublin this morning. The chairman of the Competition Authority was a participant in the debate, as was the chairman of the Consumers Association of Ireland and the chief executive of RGDATA. The Director of Consumer Affairs...

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Jun 2003)

Brendan Ryan: With free membership it is easy to get extra members.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Jun 2003)

Brendan Ryan: I would like a debate on immigration because I want to hear the views of Fine Gael on the fact that a recognised racist is joining the party in Cork.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Jun 2003)

Brendan Ryan: I have no idea what Fine Gael is doing recruiting people who have besmirched themselves in this way. I ask for a debate on the issue of race and immigration.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Jun 2003)

Brendan Ryan: They had social democratic governments for most of the last 60 years.

Seanad: Humanitarian Issues in Post-War Iraq: Statements. (11 Jun 2003)

Brendan Ryan: We are a wealthy country.

Seanad: Humanitarian Issues in Post-War Iraq: Statements (Resumed). (11 Jun 2003)

Brendan Ryan: Rubbish. Things are worse now than they were six months ago. This is absolute rubbish.

Seanad: Humanitarian Issues in Post-War Iraq: Statements (Resumed). (11 Jun 2003)

Brendan Ryan: The Senator is talking absolute rubbish.

Seanad: Humanitarian Issues in Post-War Iraq: Statements (Resumed). (11 Jun 2003)

Brendan Ryan: I was opposing—

Seanad: Humanitarian Issues in Post-War Iraq: Statements (Resumed). (11 Jun 2003)

Brendan Ryan: I wish to share time with Senator Tuffy.

Seanad: Humanitarian Issues in Post-War Iraq: Statements (Resumed). (11 Jun 2003)

Brendan Ryan: The idea of an Irish ambassador returning to Baghdad at present is among the more bizarre suggestions I have ever heard. To whom would an Irish Ambassador present his credentials? Would he genuflect before an American or a representative of the British Government? There is no government there; the only government—

Seanad: Humanitarian Issues in Post-War Iraq: Statements (Resumed). (11 Jun 2003)

Brendan Ryan: Senator Minihan said he supported the return of the Irish Ambassador to Baghdad. An ambassador has to present his credentials to somebody. To whom would the returning ambassador present his credentials? I will await an answer later.

Seanad: Humanitarian Issues in Post-War Iraq: Statements (Resumed). (11 Jun 2003)

Brendan Ryan: Let us move on. Reference has been made to the vast sums of money the EU is supposed to have allocated. It has spent €285 million, but it allocated €700 million. Let us place this in context: to date, the war has cost over $60 billion. That is about 50% of our gross domestic product for a year. To compensate the Iraqi people for the consequences of that expenditure of $60 billion, we, the...

Seanad: Humanitarian Issues in Post-War Iraq: Statements (Resumed). (11 Jun 2003)

Brendan Ryan: That is true about any situation. There has never been a situation which could not have been worse. Therefore, to say it is not as bad as it could be is simply to say it could be worse. Of course, it could. The fundamental facts are that the Government accepted, without reservation, that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction and that it was a threat to its neighbours and the rest of the world....

Seanad: Dublin Traffic Congestion: Motion. (11 Jun 2003)

Brendan Ryan: The wrong people are making the plans.

Seanad: Dublin Traffic Congestion: Motion. (11 Jun 2003)

Brendan Ryan: I have a habit of taking exception to the metropolitan focus of what is meant to be a national House of the Oireachtas. It is not only in Dublin but in every city in Ireland that severe social and economic problems are caused by traffic congestion. The greater Cork area in which I live will have a population of about 500,000 in ten years. It will have traffic problems by then which are...