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Seanad: Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (30 Apr 2004)

Brendan Ryan: Like the Minister.

Seanad: Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (30 Apr 2004)

Brendan Ryan: The European Constitution.

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Jun 2004)

Brendan Ryan: That is the problem.

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Jun 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I happily second the proposal by Senator Brian Hayes regarding the Freedom of Information (Amendment) Act 2003. However, it is a mistake to state the legislation is not working as the Government intended. It filleted the Act and inhibited people applying to bodies outside Government control by imposing a charge of €150 per application to the Information Commissioner. Ireland is the only...

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Jun 2004)

Brendan Ryan: It is true. I am surprised at myself, as I regard myself as something of a Euro-critic, but this enthusiasm for an Irish person to be President of the European Commission irrespective of his political views astonishes me. I have no desire to have someone made President of the Commission who is an advocate of brutal competition for everybody else but who has managed to avoid the unpleasantness...

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Jun 2004)

Brendan Ryan: The Leader need only look beside her. We know who was at his wedding.

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Jun 2004)

Brendan Ryan: Well done.

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Jun 2004)

Brendan Ryan: If only the trade unions were in charge.

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Jun 2004)

Brendan Ryan: A member of Cork City Council who is not a member of my party came across a line of clamped cars recently in an area where signs indicating that there was no parking were not in evidence and where there were no double yellow lines etc. When he volunteered to photograph the clampers while they removed the clamps and innocent citizens paid up, the clampers promptly took off the clamps and...

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Jun 2004)

Brendan Ryan: It has been a long time since Fianna Fáil and that ethos overlapped, not to mention coincided.

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Jun 2004)

Brendan Ryan: By definition, I was raised a long time ago. Would it be possible to have a serious debate on the issue of equality at some stage? There has been an outbreak of compassion on the opposite side of the House which has, in turn, produced an outbreak of self-righteous rhetoric from the minor party in Government. Some of that rhetoric deserves to be debated within a political forum in which people...

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Jun 2004)

Brendan Ryan: Absolutely.

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Jun 2004)

Brendan Ryan: What about all the people here who have no rights?

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Jun 2004)

Brendan Ryan: It will not deliver.

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Jun 2004)

Brendan Ryan: Nobody will answer the telephone.

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Jun 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I was otherwise engaged.

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Jun 2004)

Brendan Ryan: It was raised with me.

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Jun 2004)

Brendan Ryan: He is not creating a fuss about many other issues.

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Jun 2004)

Brendan Ryan: Many of us do not want to meet him.

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Jun 2004)

Brendan Ryan: It is wonderful to see the Fianna Fáil Party rediscovering its capacity to stand up to the minority that has been running its business for the past five years. We on this side of the House offer it our full support as it rediscovers its clout. Yesterday in Istanbul, the President of the United States, for the second time in two days, attempted to interfere with the internal business of the...