Results 4,301-4,320 of 6,030 for speaker:Brendan Ryan

Seanad: Finance Bill 2005 [Certified Money Bill]: Committee and Remaining Stages. (23 Mar 2005)

Brendan Ryan: The Mullingar accord is alive and well. The more Fianna Fáil and the Progressive Democrats speak about it, the more I realise how alive and well it is. If I was a member of the Progressive Democrats, I would be worried about where Fianna Fáil is planning to have its next——

Seanad: Finance Bill 2005 [Certified Money Bill]: Committee and Remaining Stages. (23 Mar 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Given that the Chair accepts there was provocation involved, I will say no more on the matter. The retention of records applies to any taxpayer. I wonder how many of the taxpayers know they are guilty of an offence, and liable to a penalty of €1,520, if they do not keep their income tax records for six years?

Seanad: Finance Bill 2005 [Certified Money Bill]: Committee and Remaining Stages. (23 Mar 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I am speaking to the section but I should probably wait until the recommendation has been disposed of.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2005 [Certified Money Bill]: Committee and Remaining Stages. (23 Mar 2005)

Brendan Ryan: No. The Minister of State answered my question at the end of his reply.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2005 [Certified Money Bill]: Committee and Remaining Stages. (23 Mar 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I cannot help contrasting the detailed prescription of how these benefiting properties must be publicised with the mealy-mouthed wording I referred to earlier in section 23 which states, "the Revenue Commissioners shall make known in such manner as they think fit" any information of benefit to the taxpayer. Quite rightly properties that benefit from this tax exemption must have a prescribed...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2005 [Certified Money Bill]: Committee and Remaining Stages. (23 Mar 2005)

Brendan Ryan: What sort of bed?

Seanad: Finance Bill 2005 [Certified Money Bill]: Committee and Remaining Stages. (23 Mar 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I am very grateful to Senator Mansergh for advancing my education as I had never heard the term "Procrustean bed" before. I appreciate Senator Mansergh's willingness to explain the term and not leave those of us on this side of the House wallowing in ignorance. A fascinating aspect of tax reliefs, which are a very useful instrument of public policy, is the emerging information that suggests...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2005 [Certified Money Bill]: Committee and Remaining Stages. (23 Mar 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Is it true that there are Irish tax exemptions for which the Department of Finance has never carried out a cost benefit analysis? My other hat is that of an engineer and I expect the undergraduate engineers I teach to carry out some form of sensitivity analysis on their chemical process designs. It is astonishing that the whole of the apparatus of the Department would not perform a...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2005 [Certified Money Bill]: Committee and Remaining Stages. (23 Mar 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I read the Revenue report and I knew what the Minister told us. I am interested in the benefits to society.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2005 [Certified Money Bill]: Committee and Remaining Stages. (23 Mar 2005)

Brendan Ryan: As the Acting Chairman has an eloquent face I will not test his patience. Is there a record of any consultants who came to conclusions that were in opposition to the interests of the people employing them? I am not surprised that an independent study on behalf of the bloodstock industry came to the conclusion it did. I have not seen a study done for any organisation that did not conclude in...

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Mar 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I do not wish to incur Senator O'Toole's wrath by criticising the Garda but it would be useful if the Leader could obtain information from the Minister for Transport about the intensity of road traffic enforcement on those roads identified as giving rise to the greatest number of fatalities. Anecdotal evidence indicates that there is fairly intensive speed limit patrolling on dual...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2005 [Certified Money Bill]: Second Stage. (22 Mar 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. To dispose of an issue raised by Senator Quinn, one of the great achievements of a succession of Governments, dating back to the early 1990s or perhaps even further, is that we now have 1.8 million people at work given that perhaps half that number were at work not more than ten years ago. Some of these people were in jobs that seemed to have no future. I...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2005 [Certified Money Bill]: Second Stage. (22 Mar 2005)

Brendan Ryan: The Senator is very helpful.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2005 [Certified Money Bill]: Second Stage. (22 Mar 2005)

Brendan Ryan: The Senator is usually telling me that my figures are too high. For a change, it is nice to have him tell me they are too low.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2005 [Certified Money Bill]: Second Stage. (22 Mar 2005)

Brendan Ryan: The growth in the economy is inherently very good. The problems we have encountered, including those regarding which I take a very different view than the Government, are the problems of success and how we manage it. The success was achieved the hard way. Given all the talk about how the country suddenly took off economically, it is intriguing to note the questions that were asked in this...

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Mar 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Mar 2005)

Brendan Ryan: It is worth noting that not only are the McCartney sisters seeking justice but they have already prevented three murders through their refusal to accept the route offered to them by the Provisional IRA. They have given an example to many through their ability to see the difference between justice and revenge, a distinction some are unable to make. Their behaviour is a salutary lesson to many....

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Mar 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I have not seen a single Irish person deported to conditions anything like those that exist for that 18 year old in Lagos. I do not wish anybody else to undergo such treatment. I am certain on one point. Despite all the disagreements I had with him, the previous Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy O'Donoghue, would not have taken this action. Notwithstanding his limitations,...

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Mar 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Mar 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Hear, hear.