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Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jun 2009)

Brendan Ryan: Yes.

Seanad: Aviation (Preclearance) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2009)

Brendan Ryan: I move amendment No. 1: In page 5, subsection (1), line 14, to delete "2006" and substitute "2007". I understand the Minister is prepared to accept this amendment.

Seanad: Aviation (Preclearance) Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Jun 2009)

Brendan Ryan: I welcome the Minister. The Bill is obviously welcome as it is required to give legal effect to the preclearance agreement signed by the Minister and the US Secretary of Homeland Security in Washington in November last year. I welcome the indication from the Minister that it is only this legislation that will apply in terms of preclearance and the roles of preclearance officers and Irish...

Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)

Brendan Ryan: I welcome the Minister of State. The 18 religious orders implicated in the report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse ought to be ashamed of the awful treatment meted out to children in their care. There was rape, buggery, physical attacks, assaults, neglect and emotional exploitation. The term "child abuse" is not adequate to define what happened to these poor children. The...

Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 May 2009)

Brendan Ryan: From experience in industry I have some concerns. I would be interested to hear what the Tánaiste has to say. I was impressed by Senator O'Toole's comments generally. The use of a phrase like "forms a judgment" in legislation tends to frighten me. People can argue in any forum that they formed a judgment and therefore get themselves over the line in a particular way. They can excuse...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 May 2009)

Brendan Ryan: No, it is not.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 May 2009)

Brendan Ryan: On a point of order, in fairness to the Leader, the point of my contribution was not to assist an individual but an attempt to call on the Minister to get her act together in order that people do not have to wait up to 20 weeks for their entitlements.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 May 2009)

Brendan Ryan: I support the points made by the previous speakers on the Ryan report. My party and I are of the view that the religious institutions are not paying their fair share and, despite any legal reasons for not doing so, certainly morally they should pay their fair share. I am conscious that we will have a debate in the House on the matter tomorrow so we will hold on that for the moment. I wish...

Seanad: Corporate Governance: Motion (13 May 2009)

Brendan Ryan: I thank the Minister of State for his contribution to this debate. He has spent much time in this House in recent weeks. Members spoke about a range of measures needed to restore confidence in our economic and political systems. As Senators Hannigan and Prendergast pointed out, in the current economic climate failure to act is not an option and the sooner we clean up our act the better....

Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 May 2009)

Brendan Ryan: Yes.

Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 May 2009)

Brendan Ryan: At present section 23 of the Companies Act 1990 allows a person to refuse to disclose what he or she considers to be privileged information to the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement. Based on this, legal privileges were claimed in the Anglo Irish Bank case and the ODCE was not permitted to appoint a retired High Court judge to adjudicate on the matter of privilege claimed. The...

Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (6 May 2009)

Brendan Ryan: I welcome the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment. As she said, this Bill is introduced just a short time after it was suggested in the High Court that the investigation by the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement into the affairs of Anglo Irish Bank was being frustrated by outdated company law. The Labour Party welcomes the broad thrust of the Bill....

Seanad: Supplementary Budget Statement 2009: Statements (9 Apr 2009)

Brendan Ryan: My colleague, Senator McCarthy, dealt with the headline items in the Minister's Budget Statement on Tuesday. I wish to deal specifically with an item in Section II, Part B on page B10 of the budget document, under the heading "Other Departmental Savings". In the case of the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs it is stated that there will be savings across various areas...

Seanad: Supplementary Budget Statement 2009: Statements (9 Apr 2009)

Brendan Ryan: I hope so.

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Second Stage. (26 Feb 2009)

Brendan Ryan: I wish to share time with Senators McFadden and Fitzgerald. The so-called pension levy is clearly unfair. It is targeted at one group of workers in our economy only. It does not target the people who caused the problems or those who benefited most from the Celtic tiger area. It will hurt people on low to middle incomes who can ill-afford to pay, yet it does not target the wealthiest in...

Seanad: Report on Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann: Statements (25 Feb 2009)

Brendan Ryan: I welcome the Minister of State. The Labour Party welcomes the report on the cost and efficiency review of Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann, which we are debating. It is a very useful document which can, if implemented, provide a framework for a customer-focused approach to improving bus transport in Dublin and throughout the country. The terms of reference specified that the review should...

Seanad: Company Closures (17 Feb 2009)

Brendan Ryan: I wish to share one minute with Senator Dominic Hannigan.

Seanad: Company Closures (17 Feb 2009)

Brendan Ryan: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. The news that SR Technics is to close with the loss of approximately 1,200 permanent jobs is a shocking blow to the workers involved and their families. Many have given a lifetime's work to this company in all its guises from Aer Lingus to Team Aer Lingus to FLS to SR Technics. I know many of the workers personally and over the years they have...

Seanad: Company Closures (17 Feb 2009)

Brendan Ryan: That response suggests the Government has given up on this matter and it is now only about getting people sorted out with CVs. This is not good enough. We must battle on with this issue. There is a strategic industry which will potentially be lost to this country forever. This industry brings €50 million to €80 million of foreign money into this country annually, which is badly needed...

Seanad: Education Matters: Statements (10 Feb 2009)

Brendan Ryan: These are difficult economic times in which we must prioritise spending and make hard decisions, where appropriate, to get the public finances in order and kick-start the economy. However, education spending must be ring-fenced. We must hold our nerve and understand it will be our well-educated young population who will lift us out of recession when the economic cycle begins to rise again,...