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Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Mar 2006)

Brendan Ryan: I would not wish for anything else to damage the PDs but I am entertained by the fact that on the same street as its offices there is a premises called Gormleys. I wonder did the PDs get a little cross, miss the target and hit their own premises instead of Gormleys because I cannot help being amused by the coincidence of names. Yesterday morning a number of Members said they would welcome the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Mar 2006)

Brendan Ryan: It seems that self-regulating professions regulate themselves in the interests of the profession not of the consumer. I am a member of the engineering profession, which is nominally self-regulating. It has unfortunately to live in a much more competitive market-based model of activity than the other professions I mentioned and because of that it has failed miserably in any attempts — of...

Seanad: Cancer Services: Motion. (22 Mar 2006)

Brendan Ryan: When one has been affected by the incidence of cancer in one's immediate family, one can appreciate, as I do, the extraordinary quality of service that can be available. I happen to live in a city where, as Senator Henry said, if one has the means, a high quality level of cancer care is available. When one is a politician, the incidence of cancer within one's family circle focuses one on what...

Seanad: Cancer Services: Motion. (22 Mar 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Mar 2006)

Brendan Ryan: And lower levels of greenhouse emissions.

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Mar 2006)

Brendan Ryan: My party leader is sleeping very well.

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Mar 2006)

Brendan Ryan: He was running away. He was afraid of Deputy Rabbitte.

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Mar 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Could we have a forecast?

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Mar 2006)

Brendan Ryan: I agree with Senator Brian Hayes on the issue of RTE, but we are used to that body being more susceptible to a Fianna Fáil-dominated Government's pressures.

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Mar 2006)

Brendan Ryan: We only have to remember the famous programme on Fine Gael, the equivalent of which RTE would not dare produce if it concerned Fianna Fáil. RTE would back down and run away before it would do it.

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Mar 2006)

Brendan Ryan: RTE would never traduce a Fianna Fáil leader in Opposition the way it traduced Deputy Noonan. It would not dare, as it is not in its spirit or its water to do it.

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Mar 2006)

Brendan Ryan: While I am used to RTE's capitulation, I am not used to the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform running away from the leader of the Labour Party. It is a commentary on the failure of the Government on the law and order issue, the protection of our citizens and leaving them feeling safe on the streets, that the Minister is afraid to debate the issue with the leader of the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Mar 2006)

Brendan Ryan: ——and of using another Nazi analogy or another offensive term. Perhaps he is merely afraid.

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Mar 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Perhaps he will come in to debate the matter here in the slightly more salubrious atmosphere of the Seanad. Some way or another, this Minister has to debate the issue of why he has failed to protect citizens from crime on the streets.

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Mar 2006)

Brendan Ryan: If he does not do it on television he should do it in the Houses of the Oireachtas.

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Mar 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Fianna Fáil is so proud of him that it demands that he come to talk to its parliamentary party to explain his failure. That is how proud the party is. We should have less of the wind and more of the reality. We are in a position where the Garda is less and less successful at solving crime and where people living in middle and working class estates are frightened to go out at night. The...

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Mar 2006)

Brendan Ryan: On the issue raised by Senator O'Toole, it has been my view that for at least 40 years, the Department of Finance has wanted to close down our railways. There is no other logical reason to explain why there is an obstacle to expanding the rail network every step of the way. Sheer pressure forced us to expand passenger rail, and the Department is clearly determined not to allow the same to...

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Mar 2006)

Brendan Ryan: This is wonderful a day after the report on racism.

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Mar 2006)

Brendan Ryan: The Senator should choose his language carefully.

Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Mar 2006)

Brendan Ryan: People might talk.