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Seanad: Health (Repayment Scheme) Bill 2006: Committee Stage. (13 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: The Minister of State does not know how much it will cost——

Seanad: Health (Repayment Scheme) Bill 2006: Committee Stage. (13 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Is the Minister of State on or off the record?

Seanad: Death of Former Taoiseach: Expressions of Sympathy. (13 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: On my own behalf and that of the Labour Party Senators, I offer genuine condolences to the family of Charlie Haughey, and particularly to his son, who is a Member of the other House, and for whom most of us have considerable respect and regard. I also extend sympathy to the Fianna Fáil Party which has lost a figure of stature and charisma, one of the dominant figures of Irish politics. Like...

Seanad: Health (Repayment Scheme) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (7 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Whatever criticisms I might have about the Bill and the mess which preceded it, I sincerely commend the Tánaiste on at least facing the fact and dealing with it. Along the way, we had the less than savoury attempt to hijack people's money through the previous legislation which was struck down by the Supreme Court. Many of us believed at the time that it was unconstitutional and a less than...

Seanad: Housing Policy: Motion. (7 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: That is a figure of 2,900 out of 81,000.

Seanad: Housing Policy: Motion. (7 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: We will sort out Fine Gael while the Minister of State sorts out the housing crisis. He need not worry about the distraction.

Seanad: Housing Policy: Motion. (7 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: The Minister of State is starting again.

Seanad: Housing Policy: Motion. (7 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: We do not turn up in the tent at the Galway races.

Seanad: Housing Policy: Motion. (7 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: I would not blame the Minister of State for everything done by Fianna Fáil councillors.

Seanad: Housing Policy: Motion. (7 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Just once.

Seanad: Housing Policy: Motion. (7 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Money can help.

Seanad: Housing Policy: Motion. (7 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Is it that they do not want the offer of the bed?

Seanad: Housing Policy: Motion. (7 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: My problem is that I like the Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Noel Ahern, and will, therefore, be inhibited in what I say on the motion. I always find him to be a man who responds to what one says. He does not just recite his script and ignore the issues raised. He seems to come from a family where the senior members are more...

Seanad: Housing Policy: Motion. (7 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: I always have a bit of an aberration.

Seanad: Housing Policy: Motion. (7 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Fact.

Seanad: Housing Policy: Motion. (7 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Senator McCarthy will move the motion. There is a Government amendment to the motion but I am unaware of any supplementary Order Paper to that effect.

Seanad: Housing Policy: Motion. (7 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Must not a supplementary Order Paper be made by the order of the House rather than just be circulated?

Seanad: Housing Policy: Motion. (7 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Can the Government change the Order of Business at any time and circulate a document without formally notifying the House?

Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: We know who——

Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: It does not show that to me.