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

Brendan Ryan: The Minister should get down off his high horse.

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

Brendan Ryan: The Minister might as well tell us what it was in 1980.

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

Brendan Ryan: Twelve years ago.

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Feb 2006)

Brendan Ryan: I never said any such thing.

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Feb 2006)

Brendan Ryan: So did I.

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Feb 2006)

Brendan Ryan: There is a prominent Turkish writer currently facing charges because he has attempted to ask his country to confront its own history. I fully agree with Senator O'Toole in stating that nobody should go to prison because they challenge accepted history. The issue of road safety is almost at the point of monotony at this stage. I am not sure I even wish to indicate a wish for a debate on it....

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Feb 2006)

Brendan Ryan: I ask for a debate on human rights because there seem to be great sensitivities about the matter. I am reputedly anti-American. However, I recently read a report which stated: In several communities there were allegations of incidents of violence against racial minorities and immigrants. Societal discrimination against immigrants and ethnic minorities continues to be a growing problem.

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Feb 2006)

Brendan Ryan: I will finish soon but I want to make the point. The report goes on to state "A distinct ethnic group faces societal discrimination". Who am I talking about?

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Feb 2006)

Brendan Ryan: It is from the US State Department's report on human rights in Ireland. If our friends in the US are entitled to write that about us, and they are, where did the notion arise that we cannot scrutinise them?

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Feb 2006)

Brendan Ryan: I support Senator Brian Hayes because this is an extraordinary position. I appeal to the Members on the Government side to rethink. I do not know who got at them or what motivated them to change their minds. I spent much of my time trying to ensure that the proposed committee had a Government majority, so that we could not be accused of hijacking it. I suggested that to the Leader because I...

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Feb 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Is the Senator going to rebel again?

Seanad: Mental Health Services: Statements. (9 Feb 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. I welcome the Minister of State. The document is impressive and important. There is an adequate supply of copies and it is a pity one was not automatically sent to each Member of the Oireachtas when it was published. I had to seek my copy, which was provided expeditiously by the Department. Since I have a three-volume assessment of tax breaks that arrived...

Seanad: Mental Health Services: Statements. (9 Feb 2006)

Brendan Ryan: I missed that at the launch and it is not quite clear in the Minister of State's own script. I am glad that is true because it is extremely important. I am here the day after I discovered a commitment not to impose a large debt on Cork Airport was not really a commitment but a hope. I accept the Minister's bona fides. Let me not get involved in silly nonsense. If the Minister says so, I...

Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Feb 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Hear, hear. Tell it to Senator Mansergh, he might stop throwing insults.

Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Feb 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Just like Cork Airport we know exactly where we stand.

Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Feb 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Will we have a debate?

Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Feb 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Is the Leader surprised?

Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Feb 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Feb 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Last October a commitment was given to the Oireachtas that the inquiry into the death of Pat Joe Walsh in Monaghan General Hospital would be completed in three months. We are well beyond that but we are still waiting to hear the outcome of the inquiry. I do not know how many years it is since we were given a commitment that the use of mobile phones in cars would be prohibited but we are still...

Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Feb 2006)

Brendan Ryan: It was a Fianna Fáil commitment.