Results 4,101-4,120 of 6,030 for speaker:Brendan Ryan

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I support the Leader of the Opposition in regard to risk equalisation. It is high time we had a debate on this matter given that the Tánaiste is ideologically assaulting a successful public enterprise in the interests of protecting private enterprise. Her attempt to undermine the VHI in the interests of two private companies is disgraceful.

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I am also a lovely man inside the House.

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I would not believe anything from the Government.

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: It was clearing up the mess.

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: If it was in Opposition, Fianna Fáil would support them.

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: The one thing of which I am sure is that the chairman of the Revenue Commissioners will not be meeting any first time house buyers to discuss their tax positions with them, thereby defining the nature of Irish society fairly well. I agree with the issue just raised by Senator O'Toole. Too many people have been conning Irish agriculture for far too long. The CAP, as Irish farmers came to...

Seanad: Inspector of Prisons Reports: Motion. (22 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I begin by quoting Mr. Justice Dermot Kinlen's letter to the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, which comprises the introduction to the second annual report of the Inspector of Prisons: "I am quite certain that many senior officials will not like much of my proposed Bill [to make his position statutory] as it will offend their basic mantra about power, secrecy, control and...

Seanad: Inspector of Prisons Reports: Motion. (22 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Inspector of Prisons Reports: Motion. (22 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: That is not the case in this House. We are very good at dealing with legislation and we would be quite happy to accommodate the Minister of State tomorrow.

Seanad: Inspector of Prisons Reports: Motion. (22 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: On a point of order, can the Minister of State tell me where they have been made available? I checked with two colleagues and we have not seen them. The Minister of State should not make such assertions if they are not correct.

Seanad: Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage. (22 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: To open the Minister's mind to amendments, I will point out an error which is more serious than a drafting error. It is in page 18, line 7, which refers to the Ombudsman. The legislation states: "Where, following an investigation under this Act into an action, it appears to the Ombudsman that the action adversely affected a person by or on whose behalf an application was . . ." However,...

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I would be the first to defend public servants but those of us who live in Cork and who must put up with the appalling structure that is our Government Buildings on Sullivan's Quay do not have a high opinion of the Office of Public Works. It imposed that building on the city contrary to the advice of everyone on Cork City Council at the time, including the then city manager. It is probably...

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: As far as I remember, they must be here for two years. It is worse than what would happen to an illegal Irish emigrant in the United States. They are entitled to nothing and end up sleeping on the streets in abject poverty. We heard what Senator Brian Hayes has just said about the contribution immigrants make but we should look at the daft decisions the Department of Justice, Equality and Law...

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: The Department made the huge concession of agreeing on six months for this man's spouse. This man is a world class researcher. Fortunately he agreed to put up with this nonsense. That is the way our Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform deals with people. I raised yesterday the issue of the 250 missing migrant children. If those children were Irish, the country would be in a state of...

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: The Senator might be wrong about that.

Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Well done.

Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: The Labour Party would never get involved in that; we would leave it to Fianna Fáil.

Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I am not wildly happy with No. 1. The phrase, "the efficient exchange of information with a view to dealing with terrorism" could mean many things. This matter has been referred to a committee, which must report back to the House by Wednesday, 29 June. It does not give me great hope that it will be thoroughly discussed anywhere and it seems to have fairly widespread ramifications. While I...

Seanad: Disability Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (2 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Hear, hear.