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Seanad: Equality Bill 2004 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (7 Jul 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I concur with what Senator Brian Hayes has said. I am a great critic of the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform but on many occasions both the Minister, Deputy Michael McDowell, and his Minister of State, Deputy O'Dea, have been more than willing to spend a considerable amount of time in this House dealing with legislation that was introduced here. For example, the Minister was...

Seanad: Equality Bill 2004 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (7 Jul 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I will have to put up with it.

Seanad: International Development Association (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage. (7 Jul 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I point out to Senator Mansergh that Karl Marx always recognised that private enterprise was a necessary part of the beginnings of proper development. It was later on that he would have differed, not that I have read much Marx having far better things to do with my time.

Seanad: International Development Association (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage. (7 Jul 2004)

Brendan Ryan: The Senator is four volumes ahead of me.

Seanad: International Development Association (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage. (7 Jul 2004)

Brendan Ryan: While I do not want to be contentious, I am slow to say I welcome the Bill. This is not because of what the IDA does or because it attempts to improve conditions for private business. Recently, I was intrigued to see a quote attributed to Milton Friedman who said that when the poor countries of eastern Europe approached him after their liberation from communism, they asked him what was the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (8 Jul 2004)

Brendan Ryan: There are many laws with which I disagree. That is the nature of democracy but I have no right to break any of them and nobody has the right to claim the right to break the law. I, therefore, enthusiastically support the promised action by the Minister for Health and Children relating to the smoking ban and he should have the vocal support of all Members of the Oireachtas.

Seanad: Order of Business. (8 Jul 2004)

Brendan Ryan: There is no way to avoid tyranny other than by the rule of law and if people believe it is uncomfortable or difficult for them, they should seek to have the law changed. They should not be allowed, under any circumstances, to break the law. I regret that the Minister can yet again go charging into the smoke and, therefore, escape his obligations to deal with the major problems in the health...

Seanad: Order of Business. (8 Jul 2004)

Brendan Ryan: And as we wore out.

Seanad: Order of Business. (8 Jul 2004)

Brendan Ryan: Flattery will get the Leader everywhere.

Seanad: Order of Business. (8 Jul 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I thought the Cathaoirleach would at least have complimented me on being nice.

Seanad: Order of Business. (8 Jul 2004)

Brendan Ryan: Regarding the report of the enterprise strategy group, I am disappointed Members did not receive copies of it. It is astonishing that newspapers could publish multiple pages of the report, yet Members of the Oireachtas did not receive a copy. I have long learned not to trust newspaper summaries of such reports because ideology and other things get in the way. I am interested to hear about the...

Seanad: Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (8 Jul 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I second the amendment. It is to a degree ironic that the newspapers are filled with reports of the body established by the Government to consider ways to encourage enterprise. Among the body's conclusions is the need for agile and responsive Government. Where agile and responsive Government are considered, the issues of delay and the unwillingness of Governments of a variety of complexions...

Seanad: Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (8 Jul 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (8 Jul 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I second the amendment. In the 20 or more years I have been in this House I have seen more than 1,000 Bills go through the Oireachtas. Those which contained references to expenditure included a sub-clause stating that the Minister required the "consent of the Minister for Finance". This is mythology. If the Minister for Finance devoted himself to giving consent to all of the legislation which...

Seanad: Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (8 Jul 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I second the amendment. Bhí mé i nGaeltacht Chorca Dhuibhne le linn deireadh na seachtaine agus thug mé faoi deara go raibh comórtais eagraithe ag daoine a bhí dírithe ar leanaí le riachtanais speisialta ach ba chomórtais iad a bhí eagraithe ina n-iomlán trí Ghaeilge. Nuair a chonaic mé an leasú seo bhí mé ag smaoineamh go bhféadfainn ceist a chur ar an Aire Stáit. What...

Seanad: Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (8 Jul 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (8 Jul 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (8 Jul 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I second the amendment. I come late to the Bill because I was not dealing with it. The functions of the council, as set out in the Bill, do not feature a reference to the necessity to ensure that adequate numbers of properly trained teachers are available to meet the requirements of making information available, monitoring the progress of students, assessing and reviewing the resources...

Seanad: Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (8 Jul 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I second the amendment. It is a fact of life, not a political issue, that government in general has resisted rigid timetables. However, it has very often demanded them from others. I raised this issue during the debate on the regional technical colleges Bill with the then Minister for Education, Deputy Seamus Brennan. The Bill contained a detailed prescription of deadlines by which the...

Seanad: Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (8 Jul 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I second the amendment. Parents have always been slow to go the courts under Article 42 of the Constitution. The only body I know of which was caught under Article 42 was the Irish National Teachers' Organisation. In a certain strike it was found liable for substantial sums because it was suggested it had taken away children's constitutional rights. Parents are reluctant to take this route...