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Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Dec 2004)

Brendan Ryan: Senator O'Toole has given a good illustration of the failure of local democracy in this country because essentially city and county managers can do what they like and members of local authorities rarely find out until afterwards. A fundamental restoration of real local democracy is required whereby people can discover what is going on and be responsible for policy, instead of getting blamed...

Seanad: Irish Nationality and Citizenship Bill 2004: Second Stage. (1 Dec 2004)

Brendan Ryan: It would be wrong to re-fight the referendum. It was a clear and decisive decision of the people, although the circumstances under which it was offered to the people and debated, and the haste and the language used on both sides, were not suitable. The pressure on the maternity hospitals in this city was cited as the matter that had come to the Minister's attention but the crisis of...

Seanad: Irish Nationality and Citizenship Bill 2004: Second Stage. (1 Dec 2004)

Brendan Ryan: We know that.

Seanad: Irish Nationality and Citizenship Bill 2004: Second Stage. (1 Dec 2004)

Brendan Ryan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Irish Nationality and Citizenship Bill 2004: Second Stage. (1 Dec 2004)

Brendan Ryan: That is not true. Not in my city.

Seanad: Irish Nationality and Citizenship Bill 2004: Second Stage. (1 Dec 2004)

Brendan Ryan: The Minister should ask Senator Minihan.

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy. (2 Dec 2004)

Brendan Ryan: When we lose a colleague from politics who has served so long and in such a colourful manner, someone we identified with Limerick, it is difficult to think of an appropriate phrase. At this time, we should pay tribute to Senator Russell and to the service performed by him and by people like him. He was a man who spent all of his life in politics, giving service to society and we pay tribute...

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Dec 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I do not propose to elaborate on my connection with Donamon but if any Member wants to buy me a pint later I will share the secret with him or her. I do not want to say much about Detective Garda McCabe. I simply want to quote, briefly, from a witness, as reported in The Irish Times today: "They didn't give them a chance, a caution or shag all. They started shooting into the Garda car through...

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Dec 2004)

Brendan Ryan: There was some controversy in the House about overseas development aid. We had a promise in 2000 that became a promise in 2002, which was withdrawn last week, to be replaced by a new promise to the effect that a revised target of 0.5% of GDP would be reached by 2007. It is now clear from the budget and from the Estimates for the future that this target will not be met. What is the real...

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Dec 2004)

Brendan Ryan: Except the Minister for Finance.

Seanad: Tribunal of Inquiry into Certain Planning Matters and Payments Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (7 Dec 2004)

Brendan Ryan: No one.

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (8 Dec 2004)

Brendan Ryan: It dawned on me this morning that, increasingly, I stand up here on these sad occasions to talk about people whose careers overlapped with my own, which to some extent brings intimations of mortality. It is always a privilege to pay tribute to people who have put so much of their lives into genuine altruistic public service. The account of John Francis Conlan's life given by Senator Brian...

Seanad: Order of Business. (8 Dec 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I am beginning to be overwhelmed by the rash of conversions in recent weeks.

Seanad: Order of Business. (8 Dec 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I support Senator Brian Hayes's view. I find it astonishing that we have not had a serious effort in this country to address questions of the quality of management of semi-State bodies that do not seem to be able to do their job. There seems to be a particular rush to judgment always that it must be the workers of a company who are not doing their job. In fact, there are serious questions...

Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (8 Dec 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I second the amendment. There is nothing I could say to add to what Senator McHugh has said. He comes from a region which is a victim of the Stalinist centralisation of this country. Ireland is extraordinarily centralised. I have already discussed this issue with the current Minister. I do not know if it is the time of year, or my advancing years, but I am not in the humour I was before the...

Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (8 Dec 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I move amendment No. 2: In page 5, between lines 5 and 6, to insert the following: "(a) to establish transparent criteria for the disbursement of funds under the Dormant Accounts Acts 2001 to 2004,". Is oth liom a rá nach ndúras é seo nuair a sheasas suas den chéad uair. Dúras leis an Aire go príobháideach é, ach ba mhaith liom é a rá go poiblí go bhfuil sé go breá a fheiscint go...

Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (8 Dec 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I should reprimand the Chair, but I will not. The Minister made a plausible case. As we will encounter these matters again, I see no point in pushing them any further. We will come back to it.

Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (8 Dec 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I move amendment No. 4: In page 5, to delete lines 7 to 10 and substitute the following: "(a) to prepare, approve and carry out a plan for the disbursement of moneys under Part 6, in accordance with the criteria established by it,". While I am notorious for my sensitivities on the grouping of amendments, on this occasion I am agreeable. The amendments under discussion address the nub of the...

Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (8 Dec 2004)

Brendan Ryan: Perhaps I was a little premature in withdrawing my amendment. It will not be discussed now. I have no control over any of Senator McHugh's amendments——

Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (8 Dec 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I normally understand procedure fully——