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Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I thank the Leader.

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Perhaps fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I still think it is a pity that the Waste Management (Electrical and Electronic Equipment) Regulations were not debated in the House.

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I am not sure who should have been here and was not here but if it was a member of my party I regret it very much. I believe it is an issue that has considerable ramifications both for the manufacturing industry and the retail trade. I understand the next Stage of the Interpretation Bill will be taken some time towards the end of this month.

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: In the light of what the Leader just said, this House should remove it from the Order Paper before the summer recess if those responsible cannot get their act together. I understand some people are saying that the Seanad is the cause of this being delayed.

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: It is not.

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: We are not allowed to mention names in here.

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I understand this is being said. I do not think that is right and I do not think we should tolerate it. If people are saying that, the solution to it is to remove the Bill from the Order of Business and tell those involved to come back when they are ready. I inform the Leader that if it has not been dealt with by the end of June, I will move an amendment to permanently delete the Bill from...

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Let us deal with the fact that democracy has not worked the way our betters thought it should and move on from there. Some 82% of working class French people voted "No" according to one study that was done. There is an issue there, not just about giving people lectures about how they should understand what is good for them but about listening to people's genuine fears and moving on from...

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: That was the Leader.

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: ——every issue I have raised about the Garda has never been responded to by any Minister for Justice from any party. They were all genuine issues. For example, I remember an individual who signed confessions for offences that were committed on days when he was in prison. I also recall a senior officer saying that the vast majority of child abuse was carried out by homosexuals and was part...

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: The Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland has been the most effective way of liberating the PSNI from malicious complaints from some quarters. I seek an urgent and vigorous debate on the Morris tribunal reports and on a proper, independent and powerful Garda ombudsman.

Seanad: Nursing Homes: Statements. (1 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: How is it possible to have a nursing home carry on like that without anybody taking action to stop it until a television programme is made? That is the issue. The rest of what is in the script is very important but it does not have anything to do with the issue we are discussing. The television programme did no more than make visual in one specific case what we all should have known and did...

Seanad: Nursing Homes: Statements. (1 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: The Tánaiste went missing for two days on this issue. If €100 million extra were being spent on residential care for the elderly, would one expect the Minister of State, Deputy Seán Power, to be wheeled out on "Morning Ireland" on Tuesday morning to explain it? We would have the Tánaiste demanding half an hour to herself to announce the good news. When there was a difficult issue, the...

Seanad: Nursing Homes: Statements. (1 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Of course he was responsible.

Seanad: Nursing Homes: Statements. (1 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I am starting now, not two minutes ago when they were all shouting at each other.

Seanad: Nursing Homes: Statements. (1 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Thank you very much, a Chathaoirligh. I enjoy interruptions as long as they are not in my time.

Seanad: Nursing Homes: Statements. (1 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: It is a great pity Senator Feeney decided to have a go at a committed Member of the Oireachtas who set himself the task of struggling on behalf of some of the most vulnerable people in society and who was frustrated by the system of public administration and Government. However, I should not be surprised. The Minister of State, Deputy Seán Power, is an old friend of mine and a fellow...

Seanad: Nursing Homes: Statements. (1 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: They can interrupt away. It will not affect me in the least.

Seanad: Disability Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (1 Jun 2005)

Brendan Ryan: ——namely, to enshrine a commitment to ODA in legislation to guarantee what the Taoiseach promised in New York. That is what rights-based legislation means. It means we are saying this is a right with which we will not tamper because it is fundamental. Nobody believes a word one says when one can make a promise like that to the poor of the world only to let them down on the basis of that...