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Seanad: Educational Facilities: Motion. (6 Oct 2004)

Brendan Ryan: It is the safest school in Ireland.

Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Oct 2004)

Brendan Ryan: On the issue raised by Senator Brian Hayes, the Irish people are in the Thirty-two Counties and a significant proportion of them have voted for Sinn Féin. If the DUP is prepared to share Government with Sinn Féin in Northern Ireland, the issue is not whether Fianna Fáil would do so but whether Sinn Féin would besmirch its commitment to left-wing values by joining with Fianna Fáil and...

Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Oct 2004)

Brendan Ryan: The other side of the House is easily provoked this morning. At the UN millennium summit in New York in September 2000 the Taoiseach stated: Today, on behalf of the Government and people of Ireland, I wish in this forum publicly to make a commitment to fully meeting the United Nations target of spending of 0.7% of GNP on official development assistance. Last week, the little boy he made...

Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Oct 2004)

Brendan Ryan: Sorry, he is a big boy.

Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Oct 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I agree with the Chair that the Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Conor Lenihan, is not a little boy. I happily withdraw the remark which was a dreadful thing to say about him. I apologise to him and to anybody who was offended by it. Nevertheless, he said it was not a promise even though it was reiterated twice by the Taoiseach and it is part of the social...

Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Oct 2004)

Brendan Ryan: A Chathaoirligh, I wish to make——

Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Oct 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I would not ask the Leader to withdraw that appellation.

Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Oct 2004)

Brendan Ryan: It was for after the Order of Business.

Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Oct 2004)

Brendan Ryan: Yes.

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2004: Second Stage. (13 Oct 2004)

Brendan Ryan: The third one knows a bit about the first two as well.

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (13 Oct 2004)

Brendan Ryan: Did the Senator say "reasonably indecently"?

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (13 Oct 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I welcome the Minister. I am glad he has introduced the Bill. Members have taken the opportunity to philosophise on the issue of alcohol. One aspect which distinguishes politics on this issue is that some of those in politics who have been most constructive are those who could not be accused of being puritans in regard to alcohol or anything else. Whatever about my views on the Minister's...

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (13 Oct 2004)

Brendan Ryan: —— and the Oireachtas has been taken up with an issue that common sense should have dictated. In other places which I will not mention because it might get people into trouble, for instance, in rural areas, common sense approaches are taken to how the licensing laws are enforced. Reasonable positions are adopted by reasonable members of the Garda Síochána to be reasonable to the people...

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (13 Oct 2004)

Brendan Ryan: That is what Donald Rumsfeld said.

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (13 Oct 2004)

Brendan Ryan: Look what happened to him since. The Minister is still here.

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (13 Oct 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I move amendment No. 4: In page 4, subsection (5), lines 1 and 2, to delete "any bar counter thereon was securely closed" and substitute "physical access to intoxicating liquor on those premised or, as the case may be, that part is securely prevented". It is the procedure in this House that communication is made with a Member whose amendments are out of order before Committee Stage is...

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (13 Oct 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I am glad to hear the two Houses of the Oireachtas are at least consistent because it appears that different arms of the State cannot be consistent in their interpretations of legislation. Otherwise we would not be discussing this Bill. The nub of my amendment No. 4 relates to the issue of the bar counter. Whether this amendment is relevant depends on how one interprets section 1(5), which...

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (13 Oct 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I move amendment No. 5: In page 4, subsection (7)(a), lines 8 to 10, to delete "9.00 p.m. (10.00 p.m. during the period commencing on 1 May and ending on 30 September)" and substitute "10.00 p.m.". The Minister has, in effect, dealt with these amendments. I am not keen on a return to the distinction between the licensing laws in the winter and the summer. I suspect that some parts of the...

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (13 Oct 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I move amendment No. 7: In page 4, subsection (8), line 16, to delete "extended or amended" and substitute "amended, substituted or inserted, as the case may be,". I do not often say this but I am moving this amendment because I have been advised that the phrase "amended, substituted or inserted, as the case may be" is more appropriate than the phrase "extended or amended". I offer this...

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (13 Oct 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I will not argue about it with the Minister.