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Seanad: Ageism Policy: Statements (12 Oct 2006)

Brendan Ryan: And me.

Seanad: Ageism Policy: Statements (12 Oct 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Sixty.

Seanad: Ageism Policy: Statements (12 Oct 2006)

Brendan Ryan: We are only youngsters.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Oct 2006)

Brendan Ryan: That is correct.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Oct 2006)

Brendan Ryan: We have a very competent university.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Oct 2006)

Brendan Ryan: As a long-time colleague of Dr. Manning, I fully share Senator O'Toole's opinion with regard to the appointment. I am at a loss to understand how anybody could have treated SSIAs in the manner described by Senator Brian Hayes. It is as if somebody, perhaps in a more financially focused area than the Department of Education and Science, has decided that SSIAs were a big mistake and wanted to...

Seanad: Energy Resources: Motion (11 Oct 2006)

Brendan Ryan: An Spidéal — níl baile ar bith leis an ainm a luaigh an t-Aire Stáit sa tír a thuilleadh.

Seanad: Energy Resources: Motion (11 Oct 2006)

Brendan Ryan: An ainm atá ar an baile sin ná An Spidéal.

Seanad: Energy Resources: Motion (11 Oct 2006)

Brendan Ryan: One could not be against the motion in a deeply felt way because, given the way it normally does business, it is good the Government is doing something. However, one would love to get to the stage of having some sense of the sights being raised to a real vision of the future. I concede that the target of 30% of electricity generation from renewable sources by 2020 is a serious and demanding...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (11 Oct 2006)

Brendan Ryan: I hope the welcome will not be too warm tonight in Lansdowne Road.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (11 Oct 2006)

Brendan Ryan: I wonder about the capacity of a centralised government to do anything right. I do not wish to politicise this matter too much by referring to the Government. Senator Brian Hayes referred to one issue and Senator O'Toole referred to another. I wish to refer to a small matter. The magnificent new Fermoy bypass was recently opened. A little bit of fuss was created when some people said they...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (11 Oct 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Senator Norris thinks it is very funny. If he lived in Watergrasshill——

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (11 Oct 2006)

Brendan Ryan: I do not think anybody would consider matters pertaining to An Post to be a matter of parochial interest. They are of enormous national interest. If An Post's policies are wrong then this is the place to deal with them. It is not the first time Senator Norris and I do not agree.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (11 Oct 2006)

Brendan Ryan: I do not wish to have a debate on Aer Lingus and its privatisation. Neither do I wish to have a debate on whether people with beards are more or less left wing, as the Sunday Independent suggested last Sunday.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (11 Oct 2006)

Brendan Ryan: I wish to have a debate on the quality of advice the Government received. I would like a member of the Government to come to the House and tell us how he or she believes that in spite of the €30 million that was spent on advice, the company in question did not notice the possibility that Ryanair would be lurking to try and take over Aer Lingus. Was there a hint in the extraordinarily...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (11 Oct 2006)

Brendan Ryan: If the Government paid me €30 million, I might go away. Other people were paid less and got into a great deal of trouble. We have been promised new ethics legislation. I was going to make a little deal with the Government to the effect that we might leave the matter to the Government parties to discuss. Those of us on this side of the House have no problem with knowing between right and...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (11 Oct 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Not at all. We dragged legislation out of the Government against its wishes in 1992.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (11 Oct 2006)

Brendan Ryan: As Senator Mansergh knows well, the same people who came to the Labour Party and offered it ethics legislation did not——

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (11 Oct 2006)

Brendan Ryan: I do not know what The Workers' Party has to do with this matter.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (11 Oct 2006)

Brendan Ryan: The House's time will be taken up by dealing with ethics legislation, but none of us needs to know what is right or wrong. We have enough ethics legislation, but we need people who will admit that they know the difference between right and wrong. We do not need more ethics legislation. The Houses' time will be taken up. I was going to make an offer to the effect that we would stay out of...