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Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages. (28 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: We are very good at remembering them here.

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages. (28 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: I move amendment No. 8: In page 6, lines 26 and 27, to delete "and Dáil Éireann may by resolution approve of the report". I know the Minister will claim this is a direct transposition from the previous legislation. However, I believe it is a peculiar phrase. Section 13 states, "The Minister shall, as soon as practicable after 1st day of January in each year beginning with 1st day of January...

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages. (28 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: It would not have that effect.

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages. (28 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: As the House is aware, I am married to a psychiatrist. I will ask her for a definition of "willful paranoia" because I have not previously heard of that illness.

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages. (28 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: I do not intend to press the amendment. The Minister essentially indicated that the section is intended to give the impression that the Dáil can debate reports, while not obliging it to do so.

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages. (28 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: It would be better to delete the phrase, as we propose, and substitute it with "and shall be debated by Dáil Éireann within 6 months". It might not be a bad idea to lay the report before both Houses so that a debate could be held in the Seanad. I ask the Minister to consider this proposal while the Bill progresses through the other House. There is a real chance that the reports will be...

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages. (28 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: I claim vindication for the Labour Party, which for many years has pointed out the existence of a legal anomaly. It is good that the Attorney General finally recognised the truth of my party's claim. Fianna Fáil is adept at belated conversions, as was revealed by Senator Mansergh during this debate.

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages. (28 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Getting my Dáil colleagues to take Seanad Éireann seriously is almost as difficult as getting the Government to do so.

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: It is obvious.

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages. (28 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: This is not my brief and I am filling in for a colleague, who cannot be present. It is astonishing that amending legislation dealing with members of the Defence Forces operating abroad includes the provision in section 3(1), "with the prior approval of, and on the authority of the Government." I am not opposed to such approval but I am surprised it is necessary to provide for it in this...

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages. (28 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: I am glad risk assessments are undertaken continually because while I supported the mission to Liberia, it was probably one of the riskiest the Defence Forces ever undertook. Fortunately, they have been extremely successful considering their role was as close to peace enforcement as a Defence Forces mission has ever come in that they were dealing with irresponsible and unpredictable armed...

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages. (28 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: I move amendment No. 1: In page 4, to delete lines 34 to 46, and in page 5, lines 1 to 4, to delete subsections (2) and (3). This comes to the nub of a disagreement between the Labour Party and the Government on the definition of what constitutes an international force. My understanding is that the previous position stated it was necessary for a force to be established by the Security...

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages. (28 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Yes.

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages. (28 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: I will not press the amendment. However, while I accept the Minister's argument, in effect the amendment pertains to the redefinition of what constitutes an international United Nations force.

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages. (28 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Senator Mansergh should let us speak for ourselves.

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages. (28 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: As I am here, Senator Mansergh need not attribute to me the possibility that I——

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages. (28 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: I can deal with it myself.

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages. (28 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: That is what Senator Mansergh should have said.

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages. (28 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: It is hard to know where to start.

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages. (28 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: It is an important topic. I am not sure the Fine Gael amendment would make much difference to the de facto position and my party would not support it. This is well known and it did not take the undoubted profound analytical skills of Senator Mansergh to divine it — we kind of knew it. However, I am impressed by Fianna Fáil's recognition that the Labour Party and Fine Gael have principles...