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Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Jan 2006)

Brendan Ryan: I had a motion down last week to facilitate a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday. It is not my fault if the Cabinet decides not to meet until Wednesday.

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Jan 2006)

Brendan Ryan: I support my colleagues on the issue of Oireachtas privilege. Perhaps in a partisan fashion I will put on the record my admiration for my colleague Deputy Howlin on his courage in pursuing, at considerable hazard to himself, the rights of Members of both Houses.

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Jan 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Senator Higgins withdrew at an earlier stage. I do not want to start the new session on a rancorous note but——

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Jan 2006)

Brendan Ryan: We submitted our Private Members' motion last Thursday and I was handed an amendment at 2.30 p.m. today.

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Jan 2006)

Brendan Ryan: It is a matter for the Cathaoirleach to accept late amendments and I will not argue with his judgment on the matter. I wish amendments we received made sense. The current amendment——

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Jan 2006)

Brendan Ryan: On a matter of procedure, the amendment calls on the Government to note the commitment of the Government.

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Jan 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Haste makes for poor drafting and does not facilitate the Opposition. I have no idea why this took so long and simply want to put my view on the record. When we return after a recess, some things change and others do not. Marie Therese O'Loughlin is still outside the gate. Since this matter was last raised, we have learned that contrary to the assertion of the Minister for Education and...

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Jan 2006)

Brendan Ryan: The Department of Education and Science received that letter in April 2005 yet in December 2005 the Minister for Education and Science told us that the Department knew nothing about it. The fundamental issue is that the woman outside the gates of Leinster House was right and the Department of Education and Science was wrong, as it has been wrong consistently on this issue.

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Jan 2006)

Brendan Ryan: It has delayed and obfuscated over and over again. Either we should have a debate on this issue or the Leader should ask the Minister for Education and Science to accede to the reasonable request of Marie Therese O'Loughlin and include her case in the provisions and brief of the Residential Institutions Redress Board. Otherwise, the Department of Education and Science will be guilty of the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Dec 2005)

Brendan Ryan: It is Christmas.

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Dec 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Táim ar aon aigne leis an Seanadóir O'Toole faoin méid a dúirt sé maidin inniu faoin Acht teanga——

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Dec 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Táimid ag dul ar aghaidh. Níl scoilt eadrainn faoi sin, pé scéal é. Déarfainn, dá mbeadh acmhainní ar fáil, gur chóir iad a dhíriú i dtreo téacsleabhar do na meánscoileanna lán-Ghaelacha nach bhfuil ar fáil faoi láthair. I gcás mo mhic féin, leis an chuid is mó de na hábhair theicniúla a bhí idir lámha aige, bhí ar na páistí téacsleabhair Béarla a úsáid agus...

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Dec 2005)

Brendan Ryan: One will get a BSc in engineering in UCD. That is the plan and I think it will be followed in the whole third level sector. Therefore, people will have three years of free fees followed by two years in which to get a properly recognised degree in engineering where fees will be re-introduced for two out of the five years, in other words, 40% of the student's time. This is fees by the back...

Seanad: Care of the Elderly: Motion. (14 Dec 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I gently take issue with Senator Lydon. The Minister of State would probably agree with me that perhaps as good a model of an excellent centre of care for the elderly is St. Vincent's Hospital in my home town of Athy, which happens to be where my mother resides. It would be remiss of me not to put on the record the extraordinary quality of care available which I am sure is replicated in many...

Seanad: Order of Business. (14 Dec 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Bheinn ar aon aigne le beagán dá bhfuil ráite ag an Seanadóir O'Toole ach amháin é seo. Ní dóigh liom gur féidir le pobal a rá go dteastaíonn uaidh bheith sa Ghaeltacht agus go mbeadh ainm oifigiúil an bhaile i mBéarla ag an am céanna.

Seanad: Order of Business. (14 Dec 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Má theastaíonn ó phobal an Ghaeltacht a fhágáil, tá an rogha agus an tsaoirse sin aige. Ba chóir dó an cinneadh a dhéanamh pé rud a theastaíonn uaidh.

Seanad: Order of Business. (14 Dec 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Tá a lán daoine sna fíor-Ghaeltachtaí a dteastódh uathu go dtabharfaí seans do dhaoine sna Galltachtaí an Ghaeltacht a fhágáil. D'oirfeadh sé don Ghalltacht agus don Ghaeltacht ar aon. I do not want to rehearse matters I raised on the Order of Business yesterday but I ask the Leader to ascertain the answer to a question. It appears the Government believes, and I have no reason to...

Seanad: Order of Business. (14 Dec 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Did the Government know then what we are being told now about them? Did the officials who came in to speak to the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs know they were dealing with people of that ilk? We were presented with three innocent Irishmen stuck in a bad place. If three drug dealers from this city ended up in Colombia doing deals with FARC would the Department of Foreign Affairs have...

Seanad: Order of Business. (14 Dec 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Yesterday a truck driver was given a suspended sentence for an accident in which people were killed. Yesterday, too, a woman was killed tragically. I do not wish to make any judgments about guilt in respect of a truck driver. The NRA has shown that 90% of trucks, when surveyed, were in breach of the speed limits. I want somebody from the Government to outline what it is doing about ensuring...

Seanad: Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage. (13 Dec 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. Is annamh a fheicimid anois é. Nuair a bhí sé ina Aire Sláinte agus Leanaí bhíodh sé anseo go minic agus nuair a bhí sé ina Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta, bhíodh sé anseo níos minice fós. An rud is annamh is iontach. Over the years I have learned to be a little wary of whatever is the dominant ideology or idea of the moment. I remember in the...