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Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (27 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 79: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to protect the most vulnerable in society from recent and impending sustained energy price increases; if he has made representations to other Departments on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30978/05]

Written Answers — Poverty Reduction: Poverty Reduction (27 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 77: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on whether relative income poverty measures are useful for identifying those of the population who are at risk of poverty and who are in poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30979/05]

Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (27 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: This Bill shows clearly how out of touch, uncaring and plain stupid this Government is in its continued desire to serve vested interests rather than the general public interest, for the betterment and development of society. The Government is addressing the issue of parental leave in this Bill in a threadbare, bare minimum, bargain basement manner that reflects its general attitude to how we...

Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (27 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Is that not the problem? Can the Government not decide those issues or is it the employers that decide?

Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (27 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Does the Government not listen to the Deputy?

Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (27 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Does the Government only listen to IBEC?

Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (27 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Whatever IBEC says it gets.

Written Answers — Voluntary Sector: Voluntary Sector (26 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 101: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will commission new research into volunteering here given that the latest survey data available is from the 1990s. [30693/05]

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (26 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 125: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if action will be taken on the findings of the report New Measures of Deprivation based on the census of population 1991-2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30692/05]

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (26 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 206: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in view of the recent decision by the UN human rights committee to investigate human rights abuses by the US, including the treatment of persons detained in Afghanistan, Guantanamo, Iraq and other places of detention, an inspection will be carried out of US aircraft carrying military personnel landing at Shannon Airport; and if he will make...

Postal Services. (26 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Gallagher, for taking this matter on behalf of his senior Minister. What is it about the Minister, Deputy Noel Dempsey, that trouble seems to follow the poor man around? Whatever Ministry he has been in, controversy, whether due to his own actions or otherwise, has never been far away. This issue is of critical importance for the 10,000 plus workers in...

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (26 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: I welcome the opportunity to speak briefly on this Second Stage debate on the Criminal Justice Bill 2004. The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy McDowell, was here earlier but regrettably he has now gone. The way the Minister operates is called into question by the manner in which this Bill has been introduced. I have heard the Minister on many occasions and have enjoyed...

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (26 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: I do not believe he is a socialist. I do not believe he would go along with the Taoiseach in that matter. However, anything could happen. I see his party colleague, the Tánaiste, is now concerned about community values. As such radical shifts in interests can occur perhaps he will become a socialist in time.

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (26 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: I believe he is a fraud particularly when he claims to be a liberal of the great enlightenment tradition. I would consider myself a liberal. A liberal believes the State should not be involved in the nitty-gritty of people's business. We should set a light hand to the legislative process to maintain freedom as the enlightenment tradition behoves us to do. We should recognise the respect it...

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (26 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: He is certainly reforming. The Minister of State, Deputy Parlon, is making my point. The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform cannot produce enough legislation. He cannot make it wide-reaching enough. He is so keen to legislate, as a liberal, that on Report Stage of a previous Bill this year he introduced entirely new surveillance legislation at the last minute on Report Stage. He is...

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (26 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: I am perfectly accurate in my description of the Minister as a fraud in the way he has introduced this Bill.

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (26 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Central to any liberal republican democracy is the need for the courts and the police to apply the rules of a civilised ordered society. If the Government is genuinely concerned about progressing those institutions, protecting them and giving them respect, certain planning and legislative processes should be followed. The Government should engage sections of society in proper planning and...

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (26 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: I would describe the "PD-ification" of our society as the electronic, closed-gate society we are developing. One comes along to a closed community, supposedly designed to give greater security, and one has to press a button before one can enter. Those inside may think they are living in a much more secure society. That personifies the situation to me. When I approach such buttons, I think to...

Written Answers — Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (25 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 166: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the cost to industry of companies having to pay for their excess carbon; and the measures he has taken to reduce the intensity of carbon emission going forward. [25494/05]

Written Answers — Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (25 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 181: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will report on the analysis his Department has made of higher than expected carbon trading costs; and the measures he proposes to take to offset their impact on industry here and on his Department. [25504/05]