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Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I still think it is a pity that the Waste Management (Electrical and Electronic Equipment) Regulations were not debated in the House.

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I am not sure who should have been here and was not here but if it was a member of my party I regret it very much. I believe it is an issue that has considerable ramifications both for the manufacturing industry and the retail trade. I understand the next Stage of the Interpretation Bill will be taken some time towards the end of this month.

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: In the light of what the Leader just said, this House should remove it from the Order Paper before the summer recess if those responsible cannot get their act together. I understand some people are saying that the Seanad is the cause of this being delayed.

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: It is not.

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: We are not allowed to mention names in here.

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I understand this is being said. I do not think that is right and I do not think we should tolerate it. If people are saying that, the solution to it is to remove the Bill from the Order of Business and tell those involved to come back when they are ready. I inform the Leader that if it has not been dealt with by the end of June, I will move an amendment to permanently delete the Bill from...

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Let us deal with the fact that democracy has not worked the way our betters thought it should and move on from there. Some 82% of working class French people voted "No" according to one study that was done. There is an issue there, not just about giving people lectures about how they should understand what is good for them but about listening to people's genuine fears and moving on from...

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: That was the Leader.

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: ——every issue I have raised about the Garda has never been responded to by any Minister for Justice from any party. They were all genuine issues. For example, I remember an individual who signed confessions for offences that were committed on days when he was in prison. I also recall a senior officer saying that the vast majority of child abuse was carried out by homosexuals and was part...

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: The Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland has been the most effective way of liberating the PSNI from malicious complaints from some quarters. I seek an urgent and vigorous debate on the Morris tribunal reports and on a proper, independent and powerful Garda ombudsman.

Seanad: Disability Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (2 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I am not wildly happy with No. 1. The phrase, "the efficient exchange of information with a view to dealing with terrorism" could mean many things. This matter has been referred to a committee, which must report back to the House by Wednesday, 29 June. It does not give me great hope that it will be thoroughly discussed anywhere and it seems to have fairly widespread ramifications. While I...

Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Well done.

Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: The Labour Party would never get involved in that; we would leave it to Fianna Fáil.

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I would be the first to defend public servants but those of us who live in Cork and who must put up with the appalling structure that is our Government Buildings on Sullivan's Quay do not have a high opinion of the Office of Public Works. It imposed that building on the city contrary to the advice of everyone on Cork City Council at the time, including the then city manager. It is probably...

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: As far as I remember, they must be here for two years. It is worse than what would happen to an illegal Irish emigrant in the United States. They are entitled to nothing and end up sleeping on the streets in abject poverty. We heard what Senator Brian Hayes has just said about the contribution immigrants make but we should look at the daft decisions the Department of Justice, Equality and Law...

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: The Department made the huge concession of agreeing on six months for this man's spouse. This man is a world class researcher. Fortunately he agreed to put up with this nonsense. That is the way our Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform deals with people. I raised yesterday the issue of the 250 missing migrant children. If those children were Irish, the country would be in a state of...

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: The Senator might be wrong about that.

Seanad: Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage. (22 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: To open the Minister's mind to amendments, I will point out an error which is more serious than a drafting error. It is in page 18, line 7, which refers to the Ombudsman. The legislation states: "Where, following an investigation under this Act into an action, it appears to the Ombudsman that the action adversely affected a person by or on whose behalf an application was . . ." However,...