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Seanad: Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: The Minister was well warned about that one.

Seanad: Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: The fact that two members of the Labour Party who happened to be computer specialists were able to identify all of the flaws identified subsequently by the commission ought to teach the Government humility at the least. It is worthwhile to listen to other people.

Seanad: Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: The Government turned out to be wrong. We listened extremely carefully.

Seanad: Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: It is a bit like last night's amendment.

Seanad: Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: At least I know the Minister is listening to me now. I wondered what he was doing.

Seanad: Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: I read the Minister's script twice and I listened to what other speakers said on the matter but I am none the wiser. What will be the position of the 29% of the population who currently have free-to-air access to a range of channels, including the British channels because of their geographical location? It is not clear from the Minister's script whether they will have that access from 2009....

Seanad: Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: That is saying a lot.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: I have to admit that he is very much alive.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: I thought Mrs. Lynch was an extraordinarily warm and Christian woman. Her family's circumstances and the way in which she dealt with a terrible trauma in her life has been an example to everybody. She stated she had no problem regarding the prisoner in question receiving whatever he needed if he was suffering in any way. She said she was not seeking vengeance and spoke solely about the...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: —— references were made to human rights, including one to my involvement with certain individuals.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: I ask the Leader to arrange statements on the most recent report of Amnesty International, an organisation held in high esteem across the political spectrum. Individual governments have individual issues with it but Amnesty International's independence means its report is effectively an independent review of human rights across the world. I invite the Leader to hold a debate in which those...

Seanad: Human Rights Issues: Motion (31 Jan 2007)

Brendan Ryan: It is not extraordinary. There is a resonance between people such as myself and the citizens of the United States who feel exactly the same way I do about a discredited president who told them lies to start a war, who was elected illegally and who has led the country up a most dangerous and destructive cul-de-sac. That is what America represents and what I support. I am not anti-American;...

Seanad: Human Rights Issues: Motion (31 Jan 2007)

Brendan Ryan: Proinsias de Rossa has a credibility in the European Parliament because he works with discipline with significant groups. Fianna Fáil has been afraid since the elections to become part of a group because it cannot make up its mind on what it stands for. Nobody knows what the party stands for and when it puts forward amendments, nobody votes with it.

Seanad: Human Rights Issues: Motion (31 Jan 2007)

Brendan Ryan: I had not heard that. There are fundamental tests, the first of which is that the party does not take bribes from builders.

Seanad: Human Rights Issues: Motion (31 Jan 2007)

Brendan Ryan: I never printed any money.

Seanad: Human Rights Issues: Motion (31 Jan 2007)

Brendan Ryan: I wish to finish.

Seanad: Human Rights Issues: Motion (31 Jan 2007)

Brendan Ryan: I wish to go back to the same issue. I have tolerated a fair level of abuse with a reasonable level of good humour.

Seanad: Human Rights Issues: Motion (31 Jan 2007)

Brendan Ryan: How can I be expected to believe a government which denies the fact of extraordinary rendition when we all know it happened? How can I be expected to accept an assurance about a subsidiary but related issue?

Seanad: Human Rights Issues: Motion (31 Jan 2007)

Brendan Ryan: So it tells us the truth and it tells everybody else lies, is that it?

Seanad: Human Rights Issues: Motion (31 Jan 2007)

Brendan Ryan: It lied about it, it has lied over and over again.