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Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Apr 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I am doing my best but there are rowdy people from Kerry beside me. This issue should be debated. A Green Paper was published at the time and the people were given undertakings during various EU referenda campaigns about what was involved. However, when things happen that people were assured would not happen, a debacle such as that threatened in France can result. I refer to the disconnection...

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Apr 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Údarás na Gaeltachta is not a language school.

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Apr 2005)

Brendan Ryan: They do not fulfil their briefs.

Seanad: Road Safety: Motion. (27 Apr 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I am perplexed by the decision to call two Government speakers in a row. I am not familiar with that precedent.

Seanad: Road Safety: Motion. (27 Apr 2005)

Brendan Ryan: That is a matter for the Government.

Seanad: Road Safety: Motion. (27 Apr 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I have great regard for the Minister, but the Government must deal with its schedule. I should not have to wait here for a longer period while two Government speakers are called. I have nothing further to say on the matter but I want to record my bewilderment.

Seanad: Road Safety: Motion. (27 Apr 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I am bewildered. The Chair's explanation does not alleviate my bewilderment. I have never seen this happen before.

Seanad: Road Safety: Motion. (27 Apr 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Facilitating the Minister is a matter for the House, rather than for any individual.

Seanad: Road Safety: Motion. (27 Apr 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I have been here nearly as long as the Minister.

Seanad: Road Safety: Motion. (27 Apr 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I thought I was being a lot more courteous by waiting.

Seanad: Road Safety: Motion. (27 Apr 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I want to put my objection on the record. I do not want a precedent established. Here is a good story. Recently I drove someone to a driving test centre in Cork. It was in an isolated area. There was a sign forbidding people from waiting. When a holder of a provisional licence takes a test at this centre he or she must either drive himself or herself, which is illegal, or find a driver who...

Seanad: International Interests in Mobile Equipment (Cape Town Convention) Bill 2005: Second Stage. (27 Apr 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I am tempted to speak about Cork Airport at the beginning of my contribution, rather than at the end, so that I can stay in tune with Senator Dooley. I will not resist the temptation to say some things about policy, however. This Parliament has a peculiar role in assessing this legislation because 43 of the Bill's 53 pages consist of an international convention that Members do not have the...

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (27 Apr 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Given the number of legislative measures the Supreme Court has thrown out after the advice of the Attorney General that they were constitutional, I would not get too carried away with that if I were the Minister. It is an extraordinarily roundabout way of doing something very simple. An affidavit is something which the courts have defined in a very precise way so as to ensure that what is in...

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (27 Apr 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I second the amendment. It makes perfectly reasonable sense. The wording "at any time during the period of 5 years ending on the relevant date," is incredibly loose. I could write the Minister of State's response. It will be to the effect that the Government has no desire to make the Bill excessively prescriptive, etc. The truth is that there ought to be some evidence that people are...

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (27 Apr 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I thank the Minister of State and the officials. It is a pity that, in a variation of a trend that has developed here, many matters were not accepted on the basis of arguments which were not persuasive. I firmly and vigorously support what Senator Henry said about the Bologna process. It is, perhaps, the central guiding principle for future recognition of third level qualifications. If we...

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (27 Apr 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I have never been speechless in my life, but I am heading in that direction. One sometimes receives answers which tempt one to become speechless. The list of professions in section 4 includes psychologists. There are good reasons for clearly defining in law the qualifications which should be required if one wishes to be registered as a psychologist. Such reasons relate to public well-being,...

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (27 Apr 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I am not sure why the Labour Party's amendment No. 5 has been grouped with amendment No. 4, but it is not a critical matter. Section 9(4) states that "the Minister may consult with any organisations that he or she considers appropriate" when he or she is appointing a chairperson or an ordinary person under this Bill. The mind boggles at the suggestion that the Minister could make such...

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (27 Apr 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I move amendment No. 5: In page 13, line 1, to delete "may" and substitute "shall".

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (27 Apr 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I second the amendment. Senator Henry makes a valid point. Standards should be achieved, not aspired to. Quality assurance involves being as good as the standard that is set. It cannot be merely fostered. People must be assured that standards are met.

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (27 Apr 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I second the amendment.