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Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Oct 2004)

Brendan Ryan: A Chathaoirligh, I wish to make——

Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Oct 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I would not ask the Leader to withdraw that appellation.

Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Oct 2004)

Brendan Ryan: It was for after the Order of Business.

Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Oct 2004)

Brendan Ryan: Yes.

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

Brendan Ryan: The third one knows a bit about the first two as well.

Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Oct 2004)

Brendan Ryan: On the issue raised by Senator Brian Hayes, the Irish people are in the Thirty-two Counties and a significant proportion of them have voted for Sinn Féin. If the DUP is prepared to share Government with Sinn Féin in Northern Ireland, the issue is not whether Fianna Fáil would do so but whether Sinn Féin would besmirch its commitment to left-wing values by joining with Fianna Fáil and...

Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Oct 2004)

Brendan Ryan: The other side of the House is easily provoked this morning. At the UN millennium summit in New York in September 2000 the Taoiseach stated: Today, on behalf of the Government and people of Ireland, I wish in this forum publicly to make a commitment to fully meeting the United Nations target of spending of 0.7% of GNP on official development assistance. Last week, the little boy he made...

Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Oct 2004)

Brendan Ryan: Sorry, he is a big boy.

Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Oct 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I agree with the Chair that the Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Conor Lenihan, is not a little boy. I happily withdraw the remark which was a dreadful thing to say about him. I apologise to him and to anybody who was offended by it. Nevertheless, he said it was not a promise even though it was reiterated twice by the Taoiseach and it is part of the social...

Seanad: Educational Facilities: Motion. (6 Oct 2004)

Brendan Ryan: He did not write them down.

Seanad: Educational Facilities: Motion. (6 Oct 2004)

Brendan Ryan: It is a good idea when one is a Minister.

Seanad: Educational Facilities: Motion. (6 Oct 2004)

Brendan Ryan: Fianna Fáil is averse to freedom of information.

Seanad: Educational Facilities: Motion. (6 Oct 2004)

Brendan Ryan: Members of staff are being paid, but not doing any work.

Seanad: Educational Facilities: Motion. (6 Oct 2004)

Brendan Ryan: But he did not write them down.

Seanad: Educational Facilities: Motion. (6 Oct 2004)

Brendan Ryan: It is the safest school in Ireland.

Seanad: Educational Facilities: Motion. (6 Oct 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I have not heard so much heated argument in quite a while.

Seanad: Educational Facilities: Motion. (6 Oct 2004)

Brendan Ryan: That was a great start.

Seanad: Educational Facilities: Motion. (6 Oct 2004)

Brendan Ryan: There was a lot of heat but not so much new light. The Information Commissioner's report makes interesting reading. It is astonishing that five years after the Freedom of Information Act came into force the original decision maker in the Department of Education and Science could ignore, we are assured without any political interference, the public interest provisions of section 21 of the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Oct 2004)

Brendan Ryan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Oct 2004)

Brendan Ryan: Yesterday, it emerged that 100,000 fewer people have medical cards now than seven years ago.