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Seanad: Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2005 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (23 Feb 2006)

Brendan Ryan: He is being hard on me. I do not like to be labelled an intellectual.

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Feb 2006)

Brendan Ryan: It has been happening for years in the Dáil with a raft of Fianna Fáil seats.

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Feb 2006)

Brendan Ryan: I support my colleagues with regard to emigrant representation. However, I am no longer sure that a meeting of the group leaders will work because one never knows what the Fianna Fáil backbenchers might do. We will need more than to have the Leader tell us she is in agreement because the backbenchers have decided they will assert themselves. Obviously, giving away a seat may not appeal to...

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Feb 2006)

Brendan Ryan: The Government made an unequivocal commitment in this House and in other places that Cork Airport would be debt free. It is now talking about lumbering it with a debt which in order to be paid off in a reasonable period would impose extra charges of approximately €10 per passenger at the airport. This is a decision over which the present board had no say but it is now being lumbered with a...

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Feb 2006)

Brendan Ryan: I refer to a hair-raising interview given by Judge Mary Martin today on "Morning Ireland", in which she said she was now afraid to drive on the main roads of Ireland, first, because of the trucks——

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Feb 2006)

Brendan Ryan: She will not have to defend herself from what I have to say because I intend to sing her praises. I accept I should not have mentioned the person's name. A judge of the District Court said she was afraid to drive on our main roads. What astonished me was that she said the gardaí in Portlaoise, who used to be on traffic duty, have been taken off that duty to work in the prison.

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Feb 2006)

Brendan Ryan: I am sorry to have to refer repeatedly to our road safety record. However, the truth is that we are not in a position to enforce the law. I do not care who misrepresents me in this regard. All the talk about the need for people to take responsibility, which is correct, will be no more than meaningless hot air if we do not enforce the law. When I hear a District Court judge say she is afraid...

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Feb 2006)

Brendan Ryan: I am happy for the Cathoirleach to pass on the Senator's message.

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Feb 2006)

Brendan Ryan: How many members has the Garda Síochána?

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Feb 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Feb 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Local Authority Services: Motion. (22 Feb 2006)

Brendan Ryan: On a point of order, is it in order for the Minister to refer to a Member as being unfit to serve given that parliamentary party colleagues of the Minister have displayed extraordinarily flexible memories about donations of large sums of money to assist decision making on planning? They are apparently fit to be Members of the Oireachtas.

Seanad: Local Authority Services: Motion. (22 Feb 2006)

Brendan Ryan: I will not stand for that. Deputy Rabbitte behaved impeccably. If he had not done what he had done, this crowd would be branding him with all types of accusations.

Seanad: Local Authority Services: Motion. (22 Feb 2006)

Brendan Ryan: He took the money and sent it back so he could have a record because they could perjure themselves in the tribunal and blacken his name.

Seanad: Local Authority Services: Motion. (22 Feb 2006)

Brendan Ryan: He knows it too well. If the Minister does not withdraw the remark now, I will be suspended from this House.

Seanad: Local Authority Services: Motion. (22 Feb 2006)

Brendan Ryan: He should withdraw all imputations about my party leader or I will be suspended from this House.

Seanad: Local Authority Services: Motion. (22 Feb 2006)

Brendan Ryan: The Minister made a reference to him.

Seanad: Local Authority Services: Motion. (22 Feb 2006)

Brendan Ryan: The Minister made a reference to him.

Seanad: Local Authority Services: Motion. (22 Feb 2006)

Brendan Ryan: I have no desire to disrupt it.

Seanad: Local Authority Services: Motion. (22 Feb 2006)

Brendan Ryan: I will check the Official Report tomorrow. If there is a reference to my party leader, there will be enormous problems.