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Seanad: Totalisator (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage. (2 Mar 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I originally come from south Kildare gambling territory and grew up with an interest in horses and backing them. I have no puritanical inheritance about one of the great joys of Irish life. However, I have puritanical views on access to modern cinema, which is in many cases restricted to people over 18 years, and alcohol, which by consensus is also restricted to people over 18 years. Until...

Seanad: Totalisator (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage. (2 Mar 2005)

Brendan Ryan: It is always nice to be missed. While I was absent from the Seanad for five years, no one really missed me.

Seanad: Totalisator (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage. (2 Mar 2005)

Brendan Ryan: The alternative to a liberal and open regime on alcohol or gambling is one of protecting people when they cannot handle them. I am not being patronising but society must prevent commercial forces from stealing people's childhood ahead of time. This is distinct from protecting young people from alcohol, drugs, sex or gambling. There is a commercially driven tendency to reduce the term of...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (2 Mar 2005)

Brendan Ryan: It is tempting at this stage of a debate to proceed to beat the Government over the head and I am as good as anybody in that regard. It is good fun, but I would like to be somewhat more reflective on this occasion. I wonder about the universality of the welfare system. It is no longer universal because those without Irish connections who have lived here for less than three years are not...

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Mar 2005)

Brendan Ryan: The Senator is welcome to the Labour Party. That has been our policy for years.

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Mar 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I am going.

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Mar 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I agree that the extraordinary role of the sisters of Mr. Robert McCartney will reverberate through the peace process in future. I hope a rapid outcome will be reached which will keep them happy. What they have done has changed the perception of many. Their role has opened our eyes and changed the view of the world on what is really happening in the name of defending communities. This matter...

Seanad: Employment Policy: Motion. (23 Feb 2005)

Brendan Ryan: The Senator nearly forgot the Progressive Democrats.

Seanad: Employment Policy: Motion. (23 Feb 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Do not mention it.

Seanad: Employment Policy: Motion. (23 Feb 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Romania is outside the EU.

Seanad: Employment Policy: Motion. (23 Feb 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Estonia offers a zero tax rate.

Seanad: Employment Policy: Motion. (23 Feb 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Without high German taxes to pay for our grants.

Seanad: Nursing Home Charges: Statements. (23 Feb 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I welcome the Minister of State. He is from the same part of the country as I am. I will be careful and declare an interest. My mother has been for about two years a resident in a public hospital for elderly people in Athy, where she receives care that can only be described as superb. I am personally more than a little uncomfortable at the prospect of a substantial sum of money which I had no...

Seanad: Nursing Home Charges: Statements. (23 Feb 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I am quoting from the report on nursing home subventions, An Investigation by the Ombudsman of Complaints regarding Payment of Nursing Home Subventions by Health Boards. I apologise for not giving the name of the report. It was an omission on my part. I will quote further from the report because there is a point which needs to be made. In the last paragraph on page 68 the Ombudsman states...

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Feb 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Feb 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Senator Norris and I have agreed for a long time about this.

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Feb 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Feb 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Ar dtús báire, caithfidh mé ceist a chur don gCeannaire faoin dtairiscint faoi toghchán d'Údarás na Gaeltachta. Ar pléadh an tairiscint seo áit ar bith nó an bhfuilimid chun glacadh leis gan díospóireacht? Has it been discussed anywhere? If it has not been discussed at the appropriate committee, it is very bad parliamentary practice to have a motion on a democratic election before...

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Feb 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Only one movement does not accept equality as the basis of living. A republican does not shoot people because he or she disagrees with them. If I want an example of true republicanism, I point no further than the McCartney sisters.

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Feb 2005)

Brendan Ryan: People have the right to use the police service to have their brother's murderers arrested, prosecuted and hopefully convicted. No political cause is so sacred that people like that can be protected. Anybody who protects someone like that is not a republican. That needs to said categorically here. I understand that we are in favour of the EU ending its embargo on the sale of arms to China. I...