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Seanad: Order of Business. (3 Mar 2004)

Brendan Ryan: Senator Norris can verify many things, but software is not one with which I was familiar.

Seanad: Order of Business. (3 Mar 2004)

Brendan Ryan: We could resolve this issue. I have spent a good deal time saying I did not think there was a sinister motivation behind this move. However, the more this obdurate determination to ignore everybody else goes on, the more I am forced to change my mind because I cannot see any reason for the way things are being done other than the desire to cover something up. The Government announced a...

Seanad: Order of Business. (3 Mar 2004)

Brendan Ryan: We had a little controversy here some weeks ago and I want to make something clear. If the Leader, as she does with considerable courtesy, advises me in advance that she intends to move an amendment to the Order of Business — I appreciate the courtesy — I still expect a motion to be put to the House to that effect when an amended Order of Business is introduced. If a motion is to be taken...

Seanad: Address by Mr. John Hume, MEP. (3 Mar 2004)

Brendan Ryan: Everybody has memories of when they first met John Hume. As his colleague in the Party of European Socialists, he is particularly welcome from the perspective of the Labour Party. It is difficult to follow what has already been said. The issue about which John Hume spoke today and which strikes me most as still so relevant is that we know his extraordinary commitment against violence. What...

Seanad: Higher Education: Motion. (3 Mar 2004)

Brendan Ryan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Higher Education: Motion. (3 Mar 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I am glad we are having this debate, however brief, because what is happening in higher education, particularly in the context of Senator Quinn's contribution, deserves more attention. I share his view that the Minister's attitude to the universities is destructive, negative, unhelpful and the antithesis of what one wishes to be the outcome of the review. One can wish for all the wonderful...

Seanad: Higher Education: Motion. (3 Mar 2004)

Brendan Ryan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Aer Lingus Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (3 Mar 2004)

Brendan Ryan: Everyone in Ireland feels an emotional twinge about Aer Lingus in a way that was never true of Eircom. I am not sure why that is the case. Perhaps it is because Aer Lingus is the company we identify most with our achievement of a degree of modernisation or perhaps it is a symbol of our independence. I was born long after Aer Lingus was founded and I remember the return of its cancelled...

Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Mar 2004)

Brendan Ryan: It may be that I am simply being awkward, but No. 3 on the Order Paper reads "Order for Committee" rather than "Committee".

Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Mar 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I am merely asking. I am by nature vigilant.

Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Mar 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I would welcome a debate on regional development. All of these issues — the gradual closing by Teagasc of the smaller stations, the closing of rural post offices and the decline in so many areas — relate to regional infrastructural development. We have a problem in this country in that the major funding body, or determining body, will always say that certain things cannot be justified...

Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Mar 2004)

Brendan Ryan: Am I that ineffective? I am not sure. Yesterday, ICTU and a number of voluntary organisations launched a sportswear campaign in an effort to get all the major sporting equipment multinationals to agree to a code of practice which would not involve child labour or the exploitation of labour in developing countries in the run up to the Olympics, when the market for such goods will be huge. I...

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (4 Mar 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I must make a confession here. I have always had a soft spot for the present Minister, even though I disagree with him on everything. This is worthy legislation. As a long standing Member of the House, I appreciate the fact that the Minister has chosen to be here himself for all of the debate so far. I hope he has heard a few things that added to his knowledge although it is not easy to...

Seanad: Order of Business. (10 Mar 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I fully accept an error that involved our names appearing on the Fine Gael motion.

Seanad: Order of Business. (10 Mar 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I would be quite happy to have our names on it.

Seanad: Order of Business. (10 Mar 2004)

Brendan Ryan: Yes, I do. I did not want to abuse the procedures of the House. There is a way to do it. I am well aware of that——

Seanad: Order of Business. (10 Mar 2004)

Brendan Ryan: ——but since it arose it would be foolish of me to stand up and not mention it. I would like to second Senator Hayes's proposal to amend the Order of Business. I am tired of controversial issues reaching the House by way of statements.

Seanad: Order of Business. (10 Mar 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I will explain to the Leader, if she wants to listen to me, that we need discussions in this House in which people take positions and have to stand over them, not waffly speeches where nobody has to take a position and which enable various people to tell their constituents, in effect, that they never voted for certain things. We want some degree of accountability on the part of those who...

Seanad: Order of Business. (10 Mar 2004)

Brendan Ryan: Murphy is alive and well.

Seanad: Order of Business. (10 Mar 2004)

Brendan Ryan: He clarified it in the same way that he always does.