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

Brendan Ryan: There were 55,000 jobs created in 1997 before the present Government took office.

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

Brendan Ryan: Let me remind the House that we had sorted out the mess that the Government party had created in 1977by the time it took over in 1987. Members on the other side should not get too carried away.

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

Brendan Ryan: The issue is one of funding needed in Dublin and the rest of the country. In the national development plan the figure for investment in public transport in Limerick, Cork and Waterford was £50 million at a time when the best part of £10 billion was being committed to the greater Dublin area. I do not begrudge one penny of that £10 billion to the greater Dublin area but it was an illusion...

Seanad: Order of Business. (12 Jun 2003)

Brendan Ryan: So that I will not be the recipient of a reprimand from Senator O'Toole, I will say that what I mean by neutrality is that we retain for the Irish people the right to decide whether we should become involved in military conflict. We should not sign that away, taking the choice away from the people so that they are compelled to become involved in conflict because of some treaty or agreement....

Seanad: Order of Business. (12 Jun 2003)

Brendan Ryan: Again, I repeat—

Seanad: Order of Business. (12 Jun 2003)

Brendan Ryan: I am quite happy with the time warp.

Seanad: Order of Business. (12 Jun 2003)

Brendan Ryan: I do not think many wars fought in the past 500 years have achieved much purpose other than mass slaughter.

Seanad: Order of Business. (12 Jun 2003)

Brendan Ryan: The other side of the debate about neutrality and defence is the matter of the European arms industry.

Seanad: Order of Business. (12 Jun 2003)

Brendan Ryan: The export of arms from rich countries to poor countries is even more despicable than the export of drugs from poor countries to rich. The reason we tolerate one and disapprove of the other is that we are rich and they are poor. The export of arms from rich to poor countries is the most immoral trade the world has ever seen. If we are to have a debate about matters military, let us talk—

Seanad: Order of Business. (12 Jun 2003)

Brendan Ryan: Yes, with certain provisions. I was a little surprised when I came in this morning to discover that a portrait or a bust of Senator O'Toole had not yet arrived in the front hall, given the influence of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions over matters such as this.

Seanad: Order of Business. (12 Jun 2003)

Brendan Ryan: If my position on the left was threatened only by Senator O'Toole I would have little enough to worry about.

Seanad: Order of Business. (12 Jun 2003)

Brendan Ryan: In relation to what Senator Brian Hayes was saying, we need a debate on what has been called the war on terrorism, because if ever something was manifestly not succeeding, this is it. Two countries have been devastated, as has Palestine, and as far as anybody can see terrorism is becoming more virulent, more extensive and more threatening to more people. We need to counsel those with much...

Seanad: Order of Business. (12 Jun 2003)

Brendan Ryan: More cheek than tongue.

Seanad: Order of Business. (18 Jun 2003)

Brendan Ryan: I support my colleagues in their measured objections to the principle of a Bill being published between 9 a.m and 9.30 a.m. this morning when it appeared in our post. It is stated on page 3 that the Bill contains references to around 14 other pieces of legislation. No amount of preliminary leaks, warnings or drafts could prepare an Opposition spokesperson without the availability of a Bill....

Seanad: Order of Business. (18 Jun 2003)

Brendan Ryan: I am finished on that topic but wish to record my view that it is entirely unacceptable.

Seanad: Order of Business. (18 Jun 2003)

Brendan Ryan: Dissolve? Does the Leader know something we do not?

Seanad: European Convention on Human Rights Bill 2001: Second Stage. (18 Jun 2003)

Brendan Ryan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: European Convention on Human Rights Bill 2001: Second Stage. (18 Jun 2003)

Brendan Ryan: Very impressive. I understand the Minister.

Seanad: European Convention on Human Rights Bill 2001: Second Stage. (18 Jun 2003)

Brendan Ryan: The European Convention on Human Rights is a most extraordinary achievement, not because it contains the wonderful, highfalutin language of, say, the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights but because, within limited legal frameworks, it confers extra-territorial enforcement rights on a court independent of the judiciaries and executives of individual states. It was...

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2003: Second Stage. (18 Jun 2003)

Brendan Ryan: There are many aspects of the Bill with which I have no difficulty because many of them are concerned with making the present law enforceable and, therefore, worth implementing. It came as a shock to us all to discover that a garda out of uniform could not observe activities in a pub to see whether people under age were being served. It was also a shock for me to discover how difficult it was...