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Seanad: Order of Business (25 Oct 2006)

Brendan Ryan: The first impact on tourism of this allegedly pro-tourism decision was to reduce the number of tourists.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Oct 2006)

Brendan Ryan: By one who made it public. Nevertheless, he is the person who felt obliged to do so and I hope that the people of Dingle have not made a profound mistake in terms of their tourism identity. This morning, the treatment of mushroom pickers was discussed on "Morning Ireland". For too long, I have heard of the treatment of migrant workers in that industry. People talked about being paid €5...

Seanad: Mental Health Commission Report 2005: Statements (19 Oct 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. One should say at the outset that there is no disputing the enthusiasm and commitment the Minister of State has brought to the debate. I may have some negative comments to make about the outcomes of his enthusiasm and commitment but, as Senator Henry said some years ago, she believed he was the first Minister with responsibility for mental health who visited...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Oct 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Oct 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Lust?

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Oct 2006)

Brendan Ryan: He brought a bit of lust as well.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Oct 2006)

Brendan Ryan: I compliment Senator O'Toole on the fact that Dingle's placename issue has now reached the august columns of this morning's edition of The Guardian. The inability to publish the report into the Leas Cross mess is a direct consequence of the abdication of responsibility by the Minister for Health and Children to the HSE. If that report had been commissioned by the Minister and supplied to...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Oct 2006)

Brendan Ryan: We should not see him as a potential rescuer for a State company that was wrongly privatised. The 2006 report of the National Competitiveness Council was published recently and, as usual, it gained a couple of headlines about wage rates. It contains pages upon pages of other things, however, that should worry anyone concerned about the future. The number of areas where the country's...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Oct 2006)

Brendan Ryan: I would like us to have a long debate on competitiveness centred on this very worrying report. Either the National Competitiveness Council does not know what it is talking about, which I do not believe to be the case, or we face a problem and not because of people's wage rates or increases that have been negotiated. That is how competitiveness is portrayed in this country, it is seen as...

Seanad: Current Situation in the Middle East: Statements (Resumed) (18 Oct 2006)

Brendan Ryan: I thank the Acting Leader for amending the Order of Business to allow me to make a few comments. I welcome the Minister of State to the debate. I apologise to Senator Mooney for shouting at him. I believe it is unwise to deal in visual images because we could get into a competition over which visual images are worst and such images would get worse and worse. Many Members from all sides of...

Seanad: Current Situation in the Middle East: Statements (18 Oct 2006)

Brendan Ryan: What do we do if they do not?

Seanad: Current Situation in the Middle East: Statements (18 Oct 2006)

Brendan Ryan: We shall roll over.

Seanad: Current Situation in the Middle East: Statements (18 Oct 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Will Senator Mooney show us photographs of the children injured by those bombs? It would be good to see a photograph of the children as well as the photograph of the Israeli soldier.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2006)

Brendan Ryan: He did it all on his own.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2006)

Brendan Ryan: That will be a long time.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2006)

Brendan Ryan: The Taoiseach will be relieved to know Senator O'Toole agrees with him occasionally as he is well known as a critic of the Taoiseach.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2006)

Brendan Ryan: I have a note here from the Disability Federation of Ireland stating it seeks a debate in the Seanad on many issues relating to the sectoral plans. This can be done in two ways. I understand the Government will propose that some time in the medium-term future there will be a talking heads session. The correct way is to postpone approval of this until it has been debated. The only other...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Give us a break. Where a woman is sick, she cannot be treated.

Seanad: Ageism Policy: Statements (12 Oct 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit agus roimh an díospóireacht seo. It is probably the day for advertising one's age. I turned 60 during the summer and I do not feel or notice any difference. I understand 55 years is the age at which one joins the ranks of the elderly. Such categorisation is ridiculous. I believed that as much when I was 20 as I do now. I am sorry I was not here for...