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Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2007)

Brendan Ryan: This is a further indication of her good judgment. Nevertheless, she has been a major contributor on a whole range of issues in this House. She will be genuinely missed by all of us. It would be remiss of me not to put on the record my welcome, and that of the House, on the release of Alan Johnston.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2007)

Brendan Ryan: It should be pointed out that his release was secured through the good offices of an organisation that has been traduced across the world, an organisation that has brought security, stability and some semblance of law and order to a part of the world where the previous and current Government of Palestine singularly failed. That Government was in cahoots with some of the most corrupt elements...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2007)

Brendan Ryan: ——not because of its ideology but because it was honest and it provided them with some service. It is a disgrace that the entire world is now intent on subverting democracy in Palestine. I stand over that statement. I repeat that the release of Alan Johnston is an indicator of the fact that there is a willingness to deal with the difficult issues. Mar fhocal scoir don Seanad seo —...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2007)

Brendan Ryan: It is a great pity that Údarás na Gaeltachta will be required to record on its literature the address of its headquarters in Daingean Uí Chúis in English. It is not something I would welcome. I do not believe it is a particularly good idea. However, I would like to put on the record a little story a chuala mé ar Raidió na Gaeltachta inné. Chuaigh duine ó Cheann Trá isteach go...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2007)

Brendan Ryan: ——but saying to somebody who wants to do business through Irish, "I am sorry, I do not have any Irish." We are entitled to expect more from all organs of the State. Má táimse thar n-ais, maraon leis an tSeanadóir Ó Tuathail, ní fheadar conas a réiteofar ceist an Daingin——-

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2007)

Brendan Ryan: Níl sí réitithe go dtí go dtagann reachtaíocht tríd an Tigh seo agus nuair a thagann sé tríd, pléfimid an cheist. Níl mé chun a thuilleadh a rá.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2007)

Brendan Ryan: A ministerial order which is in contradiction of the law of the land will be thrown out by the High Court. Ní fiú an cheist a phlé inniu. Réiteofar í ar shlí éigin eile. Caithfear ceist na Gaoluinne, agus cé chomh dáiríre is atá muintir na tíre agus an Rialtas faoi thodhchaí na teanga, a phlé. Níl mé ag gearáin faoin Rialtas seo ach faoi gach Rialtas. Is í an teanga an...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2007)

Brendan Ryan: Senator Derek McDowell.

Seanad: Ethics In Public Office (Amendment) Bill 2007: Second Stage (3 Jul 2007)

Brendan Ryan: It is a great pleasure to debate ethics with a man who recently and famously on television told us he did not need anybody to put him straight. I accept the absolute ethical compliance and standards of the Minister for Finance. My debates with him are more about what he tolerates in others. I am taken by Senator Dardis's comment that the use of cash deposits would be the type of thing...

Seanad: Ethics In Public Office (Amendment) Bill 2007: Second Stage (3 Jul 2007)

Brendan Ryan: I think it is $25 in the Maryland Assembly. It is either $25 or $50 for the US House of Representatives. For example, when one of the people we met was prevailed upon by a supporter to be his guest at a major sporting occasion — the supporter was a successful businessman who had an expensive box in the stadium — the member of the House of Representatives ended up paying out $1,000 that...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2007)

Brendan Ryan: So is alcohol.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2007)

Brendan Ryan: Aontaím le gach rud a dúradh faoin Chathaoirleach. Bhí sé uasal agus féaráilte i gcónaí, agus chuir sé béim ar dhínit an Tí ar shlí a bhí ciúin ach a d'oibir go maith. I pay tribute to the Cathaoirleach, who was extraordinarily fair and to whom I have said more than once that he was more than extraordinarily patient on occasions, definitely with me. I wish him well in the...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2007)

Brendan Ryan: We were consoled in bad times that we at least had that conduit. I thank the Cathaoirleach for his service over the past five years. It is almost 30 years exactly since I contested an election for the Seanad. As Members will know there is no cure for politics, so I will contest the next election. What is more profoundly worrying than the revelation of the scale of the importation of drugs...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2007)

Brendan Ryan: ——because the evidence is arguable. The evidence from cocaine use is that it is inherently destructive and profoundly addictive. The idea that sane, intelligent and, by and large, educated young people would put their futures at risk in this way raises all sorts of profound questions about values and what point they see in life. Senator O'Toole's suggestions make perfect sense....

Seanad: Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (1 May 2007)

Brendan Ryan: No more than myself.

Seanad: Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (1 May 2007)

Brendan Ryan: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire. Tá súil agam go n-éireoidh go maith le gach éinne atá páirteach sa toghchán. Tá sprioc difriúil agamsa féin, b'fhéidir, agus atá ag an Aire, ach táimid go léir sa chóras chéanna. Má bhíonn an seans aige, ba chóir dó féachaint ar an milleán. Más rud é go mbeidh duine éigin ina dhiaidh, b'fhéidir, chaithfidh sé nó sí féachaint...

Seanad: Committee on Members' Interests: Motion (1 May 2007)

Brendan Ryan: I wish the record of the House to show the fact that my colleague, Senator Tuffy, persistently pressed me to give the Labour Party Private Members' time to this issue. She felt very strongly about it and whatever her future career — I hope she is elected to the Dáil — she will have made a significant mark on the way Seanad Éireann does its business. I want to put Senator Tuffy's name...

Seanad: Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Second Stage. (1 May 2007)

Brendan Ryan: None of them thought they were in County Offaly either.

Seanad: Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Second Stage. (1 May 2007)

Brendan Ryan: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire, cé go gcaithfidh mé a rá, cosúil leis an Seanadóir Ó Cochláin, nach bhfuil a fhios agam go díreach cad ina thaobh go bhfuil an Bille seo á chur tríd an Seanad gan aon Dáil a bheith ann chun rud ar bith a dhéanamh leis. Is breá liom focail ar nós "integration" agus "coherence" a fheiscint, mar tá siad ar bharr an liosta maidir le riarachán poiblí...

Seanad: Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Second Stage. (1 May 2007)

Brendan Ryan: Shortly, the Minister might be here often.