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Seanad: Communications Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (22 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: It would do so, after last night.

Seanad: Communications Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (22 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: Vótáil. No, I apologise. I did not intend to call a vote now.

Seanad: Communications Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (22 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: I move amendment No. 5: In page 49, between lines 19 and 20, to insert the following: "(2) In this section a message sent by electronic mail or text message is deemed to be sent by telephone.". To hear Senator Norris talk about old guff is a bit rich but we will leave it at that. He is a good friend of mine in spite of everything.

Seanad: Communications Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (22 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: On Committee Stage one of my colleagues dealt with this amendment. This section provides: "Offences in connection with telephones. 13.—(1) Any person who— (a) sends by telephone any message that is grossly offensive, or is indecent, obscene or menacing, or (b) for the purpose of causing annoyance, inconvenience, or needless anxiety to another person— (i) sends by telephone any message...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: Níl mé chun dul síos an bealach arís.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: My understanding is that there is a well established procedure where a Member inadvertently misleads the House. The person explains the mistake and the House accepts it. The Bill was not passed until the House voted for it at 12.05 a.m. because there was no certainty until that point. Either the legislation passed last night was invalid because it was passed after midnight or the Leader...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: It is up to the Leader to clarify that is the rule in this House. I do not suggest she did so deliberately but if I mislead the House inadvertently, it is my duty, out of respect to the House, to explain the mistake and apologise. We can then move on and recognise that people make mistakes. We need to know which of the two scenarios is correct. This is a serious matter and if the Leader...

Seanad: Mental Capacity and Guardianship Bill 2007: Second Stage (21 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: Cuirim fáilte roimh an reachtaíocht seo agus roimh an Aire Stáit agus an méid dearfach a bhí le rá aige. He could have gone further but I will leave it to Senator Henry to deal with that. I am in and out of this House for a long time; Members opposite may consider it too long a time. It is 20 years since I first heard a Minister acknowledge the existence of offensive language in...

Seanad: Mental Capacity and Guardianship Bill 2007: Second Stage (21 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: They will not be used to introducing Private Members' business and it might be a good place to start. They have not been here for a while. Everybody has a story that illustrates the difficulties that arise in regard to the circumstances of vulnerable adults. Many of us have an immediate or extended family member who is in that area of capacity where one knows he or she is unable to make...

Seanad: Mental Capacity and Guardianship Bill 2007: Second Stage (21 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: It is. Many people, however, including many women, are exploited in sexual relations but that is not of itself illegal. I chose this area on which to speak because it exemplifies how difficult the issue is to resolve. The Law Reform Commission can be extraordinarily blunt when it wants to be. It describes the criteria for bringing a person into wardship as archaic and complex. It states,...

Seanad: Mental Capacity and Guardianship Bill 2007: Second Stage (21 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: We can change places.

Seanad: Mental Capacity and Guardianship Bill 2007: Second Stage (21 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: So Senator Norris will definitely be here?

Seanad: Business of Seanad (21 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: I support Senator Brian Hayes. There is no reason of which I am aware why we have to rush through this Bill in 40 minutes——

Seanad: Business of Seanad (21 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: ——other than the fact somebody said it had to be done in 40 minutes. It could be done in 80 minutes. We are here late and it does not really matter at this stage if we are here longer. The experience of myself and other Members of this House in recent years is that legislation from the Department of Health and Children requires detailed scrutiny. To rush it through without a Committee...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (21 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: On a point of order, the only argument might be that the Bill must be enacted before 12 midnight. Even if it is passed at 11.55 p.m. unless the President is sitting downstairs it will not be signed into law before midnight.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (21 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: Is it in order for me to point out something? The Bill will not be passed until after midnight if there is a vote at 11.55 p.m., therefore, the midnight argument is a smokescreen.

Seanad: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2007: Second Stage (21 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: To say this Bill is the consequence of peculiar decision making is to put it generously. The fundamental problem is the belief that competition is the remedy. In my view, good regulation is the solution and we have never had that. There was a cosy consensus, an easy relationship, between the VHI and public and private hospitals. They effectively made deals which made fortunes for private...

Seanad: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2007: Second Stage (21 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: The Minister should consider the United States — 16% of gross domestic product.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (21 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: On a point of order, is it in order for the Leader to give us a reason we had to finish, which was that this Bill had to be passed before midnight and then for us to sit for ten minutes after midnight to have the Bill passed?