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Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: There will be a protest rally this evening and I wish to repeat the words of the former Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs——

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: We need a thorough debate on our overseas development aid and a decision from the Government to get back to a decent agenda and timescale for our achievement of the UN target. The Department of Finance wants to push it so far into the future that it will have plenty of opportunities to sabotage it again. We can afford to do this by 2007. We can definitely manage to do it by 2010. I wish to...

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Of course it is.

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: The Senator may know what is best but the people do not agree with him.

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: The Senator is joking.

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: The Government broke its promise.

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: We know that but the Government broke its promise. We did not make promises to the United Nations——

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: We are struggling to take action.

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: It is a question of giving the impression.

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: We need to prohibit all heavy goods vehicles from passing through our major cities and ensure that deliveries are made by small and appropriate vehicles. It is probably time for us to pursue such a policy, which has been adopted in many civilised cities throughout Europe. I would like to inform the House of my experience while driving on the motorway between Newbridge and Naas on Tuesday...

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: National Consumer Agency: Motion. (29 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I am somewhat less organised than usual but I know the Leas-Chathaoirleach will forgive me because he is always very forgiving. I never subscribed to the left-wing mantra that we should control prices. I never did and do not now believe it. Even at the high point of the early days of left-wing experiments it never succeeded in eliminating the impact of levels of supply and demand on the real...

Seanad: National Consumer Agency: Motion. (29 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I live in the real world and socialists are the ones who must deal with the realities and cruelties of that competitive world. That does not mean one can deny what happens. There is a fair amount of evidence now that many people got rich in Britain during the Second World War by ripping off both the state and their neighbours. They charged what the market would stand for goods and services...

Seanad: Interpretation Bill 2000: Committee Stage. (29 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I wish to ask a couple of questions on the Schedule. I agree with my two colleagues but will not take up time by repeating what they stated. A definition of "Northern Ireland" is not among the definitions, although a definition of "Great Britain" is included. The definition of an "ordinance map" is a map made under the powers conferred by the Survey (Ireland) Acts 1825 to 1870. Is that the...

Seanad: Interpretation Bill 2000: Committee Stage. (29 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Has there been more recent legislation on the Ordnance Survey? Is it a mistake?

Seanad: Interpretation Bill 2000: Report and Final Stages. (29 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I move amendment No. 2: In page 7, between lines 40 and 41, to insert the following: "(d) in the appropriate debates of the Houses of the Oireachtas.". I do not blissfully assume the Minister of State will accept this, although perhaps he might as he is a nice man and can sometimes be helpful. I merely wish to put this on the record. We discussed the issue of the courts seeking guidance in...

Seanad: Interpretation Bill 2000: Report and Final Stages. (29 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I am not surprised the Minister of State will not accept the amendment now. I am disappointed he did not indicate that he would examine it between now and when the Bill is considered in the other House.

Seanad: Interpretation Bill 2000: Report and Final Stages. (29 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I thank the Minister of State. Perhaps because I am a perennial backbencher I believe the Oireachtas is marginalised. The Oireachtas, as distinct from the Executive, is a central part of our democracy. As the Minister of State has indicated he will examine the amendment I will withdraw it.

Seanad: Interpretation Bill 2000: Report and Final Stages. (29 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: The Minister could accept the amendment and then delete it in the other House.

Seanad: Interpretation Bill 2000: Report and Final Stages. (29 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I thank the Minister of State for his willingness to accept a proposal from Senator Brian Hayes for a fixed timetable for the introduction of the Bill. As a Member of the House I would appreciate that. On the issue of records and so on, when my children, who are aged from mid 20s down, say, "I wrote to somebody", they mean they sent them an e-mail. If they wrote a letter and put a stamp on...