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Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Dec 2004)

Brendan Ryan: Except the Minister for Finance.

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy. (2 Dec 2004)

Brendan Ryan: When we lose a colleague from politics who has served so long and in such a colourful manner, someone we identified with Limerick, it is difficult to think of an appropriate phrase. At this time, we should pay tribute to Senator Russell and to the service performed by him and by people like him. He was a man who spent all of his life in politics, giving service to society and we pay tribute...

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Dec 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I do not propose to elaborate on my connection with Donamon but if any Member wants to buy me a pint later I will share the secret with him or her. I do not want to say much about Detective Garda McCabe. I simply want to quote, briefly, from a witness, as reported in The Irish Times today: "They didn't give them a chance, a caution or shag all. They started shooting into the Garda car through...

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Dec 2004)

Brendan Ryan: There was some controversy in the House about overseas development aid. We had a promise in 2000 that became a promise in 2002, which was withdrawn last week, to be replaced by a new promise to the effect that a revised target of 0.5% of GDP would be reached by 2007. It is now clear from the budget and from the Estimates for the future that this target will not be met. What is the real...

Seanad: Irish Nationality and Citizenship Bill 2004: Second Stage. (1 Dec 2004)

Brendan Ryan: That is not true. Not in my city.

Seanad: Irish Nationality and Citizenship Bill 2004: Second Stage. (1 Dec 2004)

Brendan Ryan: The Minister should ask Senator Minihan.

Seanad: Irish Nationality and Citizenship Bill 2004: Second Stage. (1 Dec 2004)

Brendan Ryan: It would be wrong to re-fight the referendum. It was a clear and decisive decision of the people, although the circumstances under which it was offered to the people and debated, and the haste and the language used on both sides, were not suitable. The pressure on the maternity hospitals in this city was cited as the matter that had come to the Minister's attention but the crisis of...

Seanad: Irish Nationality and Citizenship Bill 2004: Second Stage. (1 Dec 2004)

Brendan Ryan: We know that.

Seanad: Irish Nationality and Citizenship Bill 2004: Second Stage. (1 Dec 2004)

Brendan Ryan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Dec 2004)

Brendan Ryan: Senator O'Toole has given a good illustration of the failure of local democracy in this country because essentially city and county managers can do what they like and members of local authorities rarely find out until afterwards. A fundamental restoration of real local democracy is required whereby people can discover what is going on and be responsible for policy, instead of getting blamed...

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Nov 2004)

Brendan Ryan: We are almost at the stage where we do not notice the broken promises. A solemn promise to the United Nations was broken last week and a promise made in the Dáil on decentralisation was broken this week. The credibility of the Department of Finance is now at issue because we were assured that decentralisation would be self-financing, which it will be in 25 years time. According to the body...

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Nov 2004)

Brendan Ryan: It was entirely coincidental, it just happened to be the place that perfectly suited. The advisory committee on development co-operation and all the NGOs dealing with it opposes the decision, which appears to be going ahead, to move Development Co-operation Ireland to Limerick. We know what the Government thinks of the lobbying of NGOs; they should stop doing it and should be prevented from...

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Nov 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I apologise. I should never have called him a boy because boys are better than that.

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Nov 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I withdraw it. I apologise.

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Nov 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I am sorry, a Chathaoirligh. On occasion I heard things said in this House about Members of my party from the other House which were not withdrawn but because I am not the sensitive, touchy person others appear to be I did not mind. The Cathaoirleach is in charge and I fully accept his ruling.

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Nov 2004)

Brendan Ryan: In the spirit of this House I withdraw it unequivocally because that is the way I have always done my business in this House. Senator Brian Hayes raised the matter of the parents of Irish-born children. As he said there are 11,000 such children. The Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform does not know how many parents of children in the State, who are citizens by birth, are illegally...

Seanad: Road Network: Motion. (24 Nov 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I should not be here tonight, and we should not be debating this motion. We should have learned from the past 40 years that public concern is a remarkably effective way of finding out what one might be well advised to avoid. I was a young person still at school when the ESB decided to knock down a large part of Fitzwilliam Street's Georgian heritage. I was an obstreperous student in college...

Seanad: Road Network: Motion. (24 Nov 2004)

Brendan Ryan: All of us support the construction of motorways. A number of people in the Dublin-based element of the Green Party may not want a good road network but many Members and I have discussed this issue formally and informally. The country desperately needs a good transport infrastructure but desperate need does not justify short-term and destructive decisions. The NRA's response that the new road...

Seanad: Order of Business. (24 Nov 2004)

Brendan Ryan: The Senator is obviously more popular with the Labour Party than with Fianna Fáil.

Seanad: Order of Business. (24 Nov 2004)

Brendan Ryan: Yes.