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Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: Two years was enough.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: I have read it.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: Like Senator Brian Hayes I would be delighted to find out what the Government really thinks about tribunals. The Tánaiste was in one of his flights of fantasy recently when he was on his Ronseal flight. I am grateful to a letter writer to The Irish Times who points out that on the Ronseal tin there is a warning that it is toxic and that——

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: ——prolonged contact is not recommended. I suggest my friends in Fianna Fáil might bear that in mind.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: Yesterday the European Parliament accepted the report of its special committee on rendition. If our Government is capable of being embarrassed, it should be embarrassed because, as the Leader well knows, we spent a year or two trying to get the most rudimentary information out of the Department of Transport about aircraft landing in Shannon Airport. This is long before anybody had accepted...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: I wish to move an amendment to the Order of Business that we at least have statements on that report this morning before taking the first item because this report is such an embarrassment to the country. I have raised on many occasions the need for a debate on competitiveness. I know many fine economists who are sceptical about the concept of national competitiveness, but it is part of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: The educational attainments do not appear to be that good in mathematics and science.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: In terms of material deprivation we are so close to the bottom that we should be ashamed of ourselves, given the resources this country has. I ask for a debate on the report as it is a score card or a report card and it gives serious food for thought.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: How long would I have to wait?

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: I do not want to delay the House. Both sections 8(1)(a)(i) and (ii), for instance, cover the same period. Is there some degree of certainty that there would be no conflict between the records in sections 8(1)(a)(i) and (ii)? While I have a number of other questions on other matters, that is my only question on this issue. Is there some certainty or what is the process if it turns out...

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: Is there any possibility of digitising these records? There is a provision, to come later, allowing for the imposition of charges and these are records of huge historical and legal significance. It seems a pity that such important and fundamental references would be based in one place when Google is about to digitise half of the books on Earth. I was merely wondering about this matter, at...

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: Section 9(2)(b) states that "nothing in this Act shall be read as affecting section 11(16) of the Local Government Act 2001". I probably could have looked for section 11(16) of the Local Government Act 2001 but I did not and I would love to know why, of the thousands of pieces of legislation passed in the past 80 years, this is mentioned.

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: I do not want to hold up the business of the House, but I have a series of questions, perhaps because I am nosey and curious. I am not going to make an issue of this, but the idea that we should retain the Courts Act 1476 because it provides a statutory basis for the wearing of gowns by the Judiciary is absurd. It is a long time, perhaps 84 years, since we should have got rid of the wearing...

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: ——women would not have been allowed in.

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: I am very glad that the distinction between Meath and Westmeath has been retained. I am sure the Leader would not be too pleased if it were otherwise.

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: Is it the case that anything that might be trouble is being left in? I am just curious, but it seems funny.

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: It never crossed my mind.

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: On a point of clarification, are we finishing now?

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: Is there a precedent for this sort of legislation? Is language such as "by virtue of its antiquity and having been granted or otherwise made before or during the development of the parliamentary system" normal in other jurisdictions, or is it something entirely new and innovative? Although there are no amendments to the Bill, I am curious and the Oireachtas ought to understand what it is...