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Seanad: Medical Cards: Motion (13 Oct 2004)

Brendan Ryan: Both as a Member of the Oireachtas and as a Kildare man, I would like to associate myself with the welcoming remarks. I have known Deputy Seán Power for many years. Our fathers were acquaintances, to put it mildly, in Fianna Fáil circles in County Kildare, so he is particularly welcome. With all the nuances of politics, I wish him well in his ministerial office. He is more than capable of...

Seanad: Medical Cards: Motion (13 Oct 2004)

Brendan Ryan: That was so long ago, Joe Duffy was in jail.

Seanad: Medical Cards: Motion (13 Oct 2004)

Brendan Ryan: The eligibility terms should be changed.

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (13 Oct 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I move amendment No. 5: In page 4, subsection (7)(a), lines 8 to 10, to delete "9.00 p.m. (10.00 p.m. during the period commencing on 1 May and ending on 30 September)" and substitute "10.00 p.m.". The Minister has, in effect, dealt with these amendments. I am not keen on a return to the distinction between the licensing laws in the winter and the summer. I suspect that some parts of the...

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (13 Oct 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I move amendment No. 7: In page 4, subsection (8), line 16, to delete "extended or amended" and substitute "amended, substituted or inserted, as the case may be,". I do not often say this but I am moving this amendment because I have been advised that the phrase "amended, substituted or inserted, as the case may be" is more appropriate than the phrase "extended or amended". I offer this...

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (13 Oct 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I will not argue about it with the Minister.

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (13 Oct 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I am glad the Minister said that the legislation will be introduced in this House. May I suggest that when the Minister makes the scheme available for discussion, it would be worthwhile to have a debate on it, as distinct from the legislation, in both Houses?

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (13 Oct 2004)

Brendan Ryan: We could be allowed to make statements when the scheme is published. A large amount of common sense is talked in this House about the whole area of drink.

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (13 Oct 2004)

Brendan Ryan: Much more common sense is spoken by Senators than by many of the external lobby groups. Having listened to debates in the House over the years, I have formed the view that Senators are reasonably sensible about the matter most of the time. It would be worthwhile to get the views of the Houses of the Oireachtas, as well as the 40,000 lobby groups outside the Oireachtas, before the legislation...

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (13 Oct 2004)

Brendan Ryan: Worse things could happen.

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (13 Oct 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I would be the first to say "I told you so" to the Minister if I had told him so, but none of us told him so.

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (13 Oct 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I genuinely believe, as I said before, that we should not be here. I compliment the Minister on his speedy response, but if every Bill was interpreted in the way the 2003 Act was interpreted, the Oireachtas would spend most of its time writing clarifications to clarifications to clarifications.

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (13 Oct 2004)

Brendan Ryan: Common sense has to apply at some stage.

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (13 Oct 2004)

Brendan Ryan: —— and the Oireachtas has been taken up with an issue that common sense should have dictated. In other places which I will not mention because it might get people into trouble, for instance, in rural areas, common sense approaches are taken to how the licensing laws are enforced. Reasonable positions are adopted by reasonable members of the Garda Síochána to be reasonable to the people...

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (13 Oct 2004)

Brendan Ryan: That is what Donald Rumsfeld said.

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (13 Oct 2004)

Brendan Ryan: Look what happened to him since. The Minister is still here.

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (13 Oct 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I move amendment No. 4: In page 4, subsection (5), lines 1 and 2, to delete "any bar counter thereon was securely closed" and substitute "physical access to intoxicating liquor on those premised or, as the case may be, that part is securely prevented". It is the procedure in this House that communication is made with a Member whose amendments are out of order before Committee Stage is...

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (13 Oct 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I am glad to hear the two Houses of the Oireachtas are at least consistent because it appears that different arms of the State cannot be consistent in their interpretations of legislation. Otherwise we would not be discussing this Bill. The nub of my amendment No. 4 relates to the issue of the bar counter. Whether this amendment is relevant depends on how one interprets section 1(5), which...

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (13 Oct 2004)

Brendan Ryan: Did the Senator say "reasonably indecently"?

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (13 Oct 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I welcome the Minister. I am glad he has introduced the Bill. Members have taken the opportunity to philosophise on the issue of alcohol. One aspect which distinguishes politics on this issue is that some of those in politics who have been most constructive are those who could not be accused of being puritans in regard to alcohol or anything else. Whatever about my views on the Minister's...