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Seanad: Death of Former Members: Expressions of Sympathy (31 Jan 2007)

Brendan Ryan: He did indeed.

Seanad: Death of Former Members: Expressions of Sympathy (31 Jan 2007)

Brendan Ryan: I am privileged to be able to say I think Seán O'Leary would have been a friend of mine. He was the sort of friend one would like to have, which meant that sometimes he was one's greatest ally and sometimes when he felt that one deserved to be told something else, he was well able to say it in language that was not equivocal. One would never be under any illusion when Seán O'Leary...

Seanad: Death of Former Members: Expressions of Sympathy (31 Jan 2007)

Brendan Ryan: It was Deputy Jim O'Keeffe who suffered at the hands of a very capable and occasionally sharp tongue. Seán O'Leary was an extraordinarily warm man with a strong sense of social justice. Injustice in politics and society annoyed him. The letter to which Senator Ross referred was a manifestation of that genuine sense of unhappiness with injustice. He correctly identified that injustice...

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 Jan 2007)

Brendan Ryan: I fully support Senator Brian Hayes's proposal which has been seconded. I would love an hour in which to explain how two parties can put together a collection of intelligent and simple proposals, none of which requires rocket science, to reform the health service. This is something the Government has failed to do for ten years.

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 Jan 2007)

Brendan Ryan: It is a simple set of proposals put forward by our two parties which has a very simple start by which a plan is made and the resources are then allocated. What the present Government did was to first allocate lots of resources only to discover later that a plan was needed. It is now trying to retrofit a plan to resources. One must think before one starts. It is terrible that so much has...

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 Jan 2007)

Brendan Ryan: I was listening to the leader of the Labour Party.

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 Jan 2007)

Brendan Ryan: I wish to inform Senator Mansergh that I have returned to the Chamber.

Seanad: Death of Former Members: Expressions of Sympathy (31 Jan 2007)

Brendan Ryan: Professor Roy Foster is not my favourite historian, but his magnificent two-volume biography of William Butler Yeats, one and a half volumes of which I have managed to read, raised in my mind the point raised by Senator Norris. Perhaps the single greatest tribute to both William Butler Yeats and Senator Michael Yeats is that a man of such firmly rooted good sense survived extraordinary...

Seanad: Genealogy and Heraldry Bill 2006: Second Stage (12 Dec 2006)

Brendan Ryan: And to my own as well.

Seanad: Genealogy and Heraldry Bill 2006: Second Stage (12 Dec 2006)

Brendan Ryan: May I reduce my time to seven minutes?

Seanad: Genealogy and Heraldry Bill 2006: Second Stage (12 Dec 2006)

Brendan Ryan: I apologise to my colleagues if I do not mention everybody's contribution. It is an inevitable consequence of the brevity of my reply. I do not mean this as a nasty point. Once we got away from the set scripts we had a very good debate arising from which is something that people may not have known, which is how important the issues are. Many people here have views. Whether I or other...

Seanad: Genealogy and Heraldry Bill 2006: Second Stage (12 Dec 2006)

Brendan Ryan: How did the Minister know what I would say before I said it?

Seanad: Genealogy and Heraldry Bill 2006: Second Stage (12 Dec 2006)

Brendan Ryan: There should be some subtlety in the scriptwriting.

Seanad: Genealogy and Heraldry Bill 2006: Second Stage (12 Dec 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Ní féidir leis an Rialtas an reachtaíocht a leasú.

Seanad: Genealogy and Heraldry Bill 2006: Order for Second Stage (12 Dec 2006)

Brendan Ryan: I move: "That Second Stage be taken today."

Seanad: Genealogy and Heraldry Bill 2006: Second Stage (12 Dec 2006)

Brendan Ryan: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." Cuirim fíor-chaoin fáilte roimh an Aire Ealaíon, Spóirt agus Turasóireachta. Bímse agus an tAire ar aon aigne faoi a lán rudaí ó am go ham. Tá a fhios aige go bhfuil roinnt mhaith suime agam i gcuid bheag dá Dháilcheantar. Tá a fhios aige fós gur féidir linn aontú faoi rudaí ó am go ham, ach ní fios cad a déarfaidh sé...

Seanad: Genealogy and Heraldry Bill 2006: Second Stage (12 Dec 2006)

Brendan Ryan: My advice is that it does not need to be defined. One does not need to define in legislation words that have only one meaning. Since this word has only one meaning, it does not need to be defined. Only words that are capable of ambiguous interpretation need to be defined in legislation. Since this word is not capable of ambiguous interpretation——

Seanad: Genealogy and Heraldry Bill 2006: Second Stage (12 Dec 2006)

Brendan Ryan: I said it is not capable of ambiguous interpretation, so I am right.

Seanad: Genealogy and Heraldry Bill 2006: Second Stage (12 Dec 2006)

Brendan Ryan: With a literary giant on either side of me I am reluctant to become entangled. However Senator Mansergh is also wrong.

Seanad: Genealogy and Heraldry Bill 2006: Second Stage (12 Dec 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Of course, and Senator Quinn is also involved.