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Seanad: Tax Code: Motion. (2 Nov 2005)

Brendan Ryan: We are talking about the present.

Seanad: Tax Code: Motion. (2 Nov 2005)

Brendan Ryan: It is not quite as clear as the Minister makes it out to be.

Seanad: Tax Code: Motion. (2 Nov 2005)

Brendan Ryan: No, there is more to it than that.

Seanad: Tax Code: Motion. (2 Nov 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Yes.

Seanad: Tax Code: Motion. (2 Nov 2005)

Brendan Ryan: It appreciate that and that is why I do not wish to interrupt the Minister.

Seanad: Tax Code: Motion. (2 Nov 2005)

Brendan Ryan: We have heard the argument, but is it income masked as capital gains? That is the argument.

Seanad: Tax Code: Motion. (2 Nov 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Senator Dardis should not insult existentialism by associating me with it. There are far more serious people involved in it.

Seanad: Tax Code: Motion. (2 Nov 2005)

Brendan Ryan: It is why they vote for the Progressive Democrats.

Seanad: Quarterly National Household Survey: Statements. (2 Nov 2005)

Brendan Ryan: What was Senator Mansergh saying?

Seanad: Quarterly National Household Survey: Statements. (2 Nov 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I will have to check the record to see what Senator Mansergh was saying about my absence.

Seanad: Quarterly National Household Survey: Statements. (2 Nov 2005)

Brendan Ryan: The degree to which Fianna Fáil worries about the Labour Party is one of life's more touching manifestations——

Seanad: Quarterly National Household Survey: Statements. (2 Nov 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Senator Mansergh felt free to make remarks about——

Seanad: Quarterly National Household Survey: Statements. (2 Nov 2005)

Brendan Ryan: The first point that needs to be made on reading the quarterly national household survey, or the Minister of State's speech thereon, is that we should all celebrate. Before I talk about the good and bad aspects of the report, I must say I would rather have the Ireland of today, with its particular problems, than the Ireland that existed when I joined the Seanad nearly 25 years ago. Perhaps I...

Seanad: Quarterly National Household Survey: Statements. (2 Nov 2005)

Brendan Ryan: There is no disputing that Labour's experience in coalition with Fianna Fáil meant that it achieved even more success in its later coalition with Fine Gael, which is possibly a less exuberant and irrational party than Fianna Fáil. Both coalition Governments were successful and political scientists will be preoccupied for many years with the intriguing question of how this latter Government...

Seanad: Quarterly National Household Survey: Statements. (2 Nov 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Senator Mansergh undoubtedly has an explanation for it.

Seanad: Quarterly National Household Survey: Statements. (2 Nov 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Matters which can be explained by Senator Mansergh are one of life's great entertainments but he usually produces a good quote or historical analogy to lighten proceedings. The tragedy lies in the degree to which a Fianna Fáil-led Government was led down a cul-de-sac fashioned by the Progressive Democrats, which had between four and eight Deputies at different stages, for a considerable...

Seanad: Quarterly National Household Survey: Statements. (2 Nov 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Our first slogan will be "It's not fair and we'll make it fair", while our second slogan will be "Let's get rid of the wasters".

Seanad: Quarterly National Household Survey: Statements. (2 Nov 2005)

Brendan Ryan: The fundamental problem in Ireland is the deeply held perception of ordinary people that the way the country is run is unfair. Ordinary people on ordinary incomes — the 83% of taxpayers who earn less than €50,000 a year — believe that while the country got rich, matters worsened for them. The price of houses and child care has risen, the pressures people face in terms of commuting time...

Seanad: Quarterly National Household Survey: Statements. (2 Nov 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Nobody wishes to return to the way we were but there are problems that could have been anticipated, should have been planned for and should not have been allowed to multiply the way they did. The Government allowed these problems to multiply and it will pay the price for this by losing the next general election in a substantial fashion.

Seanad: Quarterly National Household Survey: Statements. (2 Nov 2005)

Brendan Ryan: It is a very striking poster.