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Seanad: Road Safety: Motion. (27 Apr 2005)

Brendan Ryan: That is a matter for the Government.

Seanad: Road Safety: Motion. (27 Apr 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I have great regard for the Minister, but the Government must deal with its schedule. I should not have to wait here for a longer period while two Government speakers are called. I have nothing further to say on the matter but I want to record my bewilderment.

Seanad: Road Safety: Motion. (27 Apr 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I am bewildered. The Chair's explanation does not alleviate my bewilderment. I have never seen this happen before.

Seanad: Road Safety: Motion. (27 Apr 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Facilitating the Minister is a matter for the House, rather than for any individual.

Seanad: Road Safety: Motion. (27 Apr 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I have been here nearly as long as the Minister.

Seanad: Road Safety: Motion. (27 Apr 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I thought I was being a lot more courteous by waiting.

Seanad: Road Safety: Motion. (27 Apr 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I want to put my objection on the record. I do not want a precedent established. Here is a good story. Recently I drove someone to a driving test centre in Cork. It was in an isolated area. There was a sign forbidding people from waiting. When a holder of a provisional licence takes a test at this centre he or she must either drive himself or herself, which is illegal, or find a driver who...

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Apr 2005)

Brendan Ryan: The Taoiseach is in Madrid and it is ironic that one of the issues he is discussing is the official status of the Irish language in the EU, given that his party nominated and helped elect a member who cannot speak a word of the language to Údarás na Gaeltachta. That represents an exercise in political hypocrisy of the highest order. If we have a commitment to the Irish language, I hope...

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Apr 2005)

Brendan Ryan: The people did not nominate him. He was nominated by a party which knew full well he could not utter a sentence in Irish and got him elected to Údarás. It is hard to recall an exercise in hypocrisy exceeding this. Today's newspapers report on the EU's attempt to harmonise divorce legislation, which Senator Terry has raised in the House on a number of occasions. Anybody, like myself, who was...

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Apr 2005)

Brendan Ryan: The clerical vote I get did not vote for the present Pope.

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Apr 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I am doing my best but there are rowdy people from Kerry beside me. This issue should be debated. A Green Paper was published at the time and the people were given undertakings during various EU referenda campaigns about what was involved. However, when things happen that people were assured would not happen, a debacle such as that threatened in France can result. I refer to the disconnection...

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Apr 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Údarás na Gaeltachta is not a language school.

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Apr 2005)

Brendan Ryan: They do not fulfil their briefs.

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Apr 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Nothing I said is disparaging. It is true.

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Apr 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business. (4 May 2005)

Brendan Ryan: We would benefit from a reasonably calm debate on what is the matter with much of our indigenous industry and what are its problems. Its "slash and burn" mentality was well articulated by the Dungarvan workers that I heard being interviewed, who spoke about the enormous efforts they had made as well as the suddenness and apparent brutality of the closure announcement. How is it that workers...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (4 May 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: International Interests in Mobile Equipment (Cape Town Convention) Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages. (4 May 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I stated on Second Stage that I was surprised by the absence of an EU dimension. The Minister may have mentioned this; I heard most of his reply but may have missed some. Does the lack of an EU dimension not have implications? Do our trade relations and various contractual or treaty-related relations with the European Union not have implications? Will every EU state be acting entirely...

Seanad: International Interests in Mobile Equipment (Cape Town Convention) Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages. (4 May 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Will it?

Seanad: International Interests in Mobile Equipment (Cape Town Convention) Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages. (4 May 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I have a few questions on the contents of the Capetown convention, none of which is very awkward. Will we be able to address them when we discuss the Schedule to the Bill?