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- Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)
Brendan Ryan: Ask the rich.
- Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)
Brendan Ryan: Ask the rich.
- Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)
Brendan Ryan: Ask the rich.
- Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)
Brendan Ryan: What about the 2.5%?
- Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)
Brendan Ryan: It is not good enough.
- Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)
Brendan Ryan: That is not true.
- Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)
Brendan Ryan: On budget night, it is traditional for the Government to say it was a most magnificent budget and the Opposition to say it was awful. I will adopt a reasonably tempered tone as I share Senator Phelan's concern about Senator Mansergh's health.
- Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)
Brendan Ryan: We are all fond of him. I know the Senator too long not to be concerned about his well being.
- Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)
Brendan Ryan: The House would be poorer without him.
- Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)
Brendan Ryan: I have often written that the Minister, Deputy McCreevy, is the worst Minister for Finance ever, even though he has a well organised Department and his officials read all the newspapers, including those published only in Cork. He took wrong decisions when he had choices to make. He did not invest in infrastructure when he had the opportunity and, instead, reduced the national debt. An...
- Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)
Brendan Ryan: I explained what happened to the yield but the Senator was not listening carefully. Many people converted income into capital gains because it was cheap and easy and they paid 20% tax rather than 42% tax. It was a great scam, out of which they did well, and they will be eternally grateful to the Government for its generosity. Before Government Members begin cheering about social inclusion...
- Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy. (21 Jan 2004)
Brendan Ryan: Like Senator Ross, I had the good fortune to be a Member of this House when Pat Joe Reynolds was Cathaoirleach. I had the misfortune perhaps to be suspended under his auspices on at least one occasion. When one considers what Senator Ross has just said I must have severely provoked the man and while I cannot recall the circumstances of my suspension, I am now certain that he was right and I...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Jan 2004)
Brendan Ryan: On the Order of Business, has there been any progress on Committee Stage of the Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002? This extremely important legislation has been on our Order Paper for so long that, if it were a Private Members' motion, it might almost have dropped off by now. There are also several other pieces of legislation which have not yet been introduced or debated on Second Stage. I...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Jan 2004)
Brendan Ryan: I will not be involved in pretending to reform a House that is so ignored by people with more power than it could ever imagine.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Jan 2004)
Brendan Ryan: There was no debate on that resolution. It was a Government proposal.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Jan 2004)
Brendan Ryan: It was passed without debate.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Jan 2004)
Brendan Ryan: Their capital is secure.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Jan 2004)
Brendan Ryan: I thought the Senator was about to call for a debate on undocumented immigrants here.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Jan 2004)
Brendan Ryan: If the Senator attended union meetings he would know all about their internal workings.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Jan 2004)
Brendan Ryan: Does he attend meetings? If he did, he would know what is going on.