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Seanad: Order of Business. (8 Jul 2004)

Brendan Ryan: There is no way to avoid tyranny other than by the rule of law and if people believe it is uncomfortable or difficult for them, they should seek to have the law changed. They should not be allowed, under any circumstances, to break the law. I regret that the Minister can yet again go charging into the smoke and, therefore, escape his obligations to deal with the major problems in the health...

Seanad: Order of Business. (8 Jul 2004)

Brendan Ryan: And as we wore out.

Seanad: Order of Business. (8 Jul 2004)

Brendan Ryan: Flattery will get the Leader everywhere.

Seanad: Order of Business. (8 Jul 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I thought the Cathaoirleach would at least have complimented me on being nice.

Seanad: Order of Business. (8 Jul 2004)

Brendan Ryan: Regarding the report of the enterprise strategy group, I am disappointed Members did not receive copies of it. It is astonishing that newspapers could publish multiple pages of the report, yet Members of the Oireachtas did not receive a copy. I have long learned not to trust newspaper summaries of such reports because ideology and other things get in the way. I am interested to hear about the...

Seanad: Equality Bill 2004 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (7 Jul 2004)

Brendan Ryan: In that case, I will not be so agreeable the next time, a Chathaoirligh.

Seanad: Equality Bill 2004 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (7 Jul 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I concur with what Senator Brian Hayes has said. I am a great critic of the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform but on many occasions both the Minister, Deputy Michael McDowell, and his Minister of State, Deputy O'Dea, have been more than willing to spend a considerable amount of time in this House dealing with legislation that was introduced here. For example, the Minister was...

Seanad: Equality Bill 2004 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (7 Jul 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I will have to put up with it.

Seanad: International Development Association (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage. (7 Jul 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I point out to Senator Mansergh that Karl Marx always recognised that private enterprise was a necessary part of the beginnings of proper development. It was later on that he would have differed, not that I have read much Marx having far better things to do with my time.

Seanad: International Development Association (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage. (7 Jul 2004)

Brendan Ryan: The Senator is four volumes ahead of me.

Seanad: International Development Association (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage. (7 Jul 2004)

Brendan Ryan: While I do not want to be contentious, I am slow to say I welcome the Bill. This is not because of what the IDA does or because it attempts to improve conditions for private business. Recently, I was intrigued to see a quote attributed to Milton Friedman who said that when the poor countries of eastern Europe approached him after their liberation from communism, they asked him what was the...

Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (7 Jul 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I welcome the fact that the Minister is moving in the direction of transparent criteria. That is progress and if he had said that in his first reply to the amendment, we would not have been here for the past 45 minutes discussing many other things. If the Minister had said he was prepared to consider an amendment to make his criteria transparent, I would not have a huge difficulty with the...

Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (7 Jul 2004)

Brendan Ryan: The Minister makes a submission to the Government for the disbursement of funds and the Government may approve the submission with or without amendment. Why is there a need for the Government to have the right to amend something which has been objectively set?

Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (7 Jul 2004)

Brendan Ryan: It is just in Fianna Fáil that we do not have faith.

Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (7 Jul 2004)

Brendan Ryan: That is changing fast now.

Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (7 Jul 2004)

Brendan Ryan: That arises locally.

Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (7 Jul 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I am sometimes reluctant to agree to grouping of amendments. It is very rarely in my years in this House that a Seanad Bill has been guillotined on Committee Stage. This Bill will not reach the Dáil before next autumn.

Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (7 Jul 2004)

Brendan Ryan: It was agreed against my wishes and it was agreed again in a motion put by the Leader at 7 p.m. It was against my wishes then also. It is the wrong way and a poor precedent.

Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (7 Jul 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I move amendment No. 4: In page 5, to delete lines 7 to 10 and substitute the following: "(a) to prepare, approve and carry out a plan for the disbursement of moneys under Part 6, in accordance with the criteria established by it,". I do not wish to spend much time on these amendments because we have discussed the subject matter of amendment No. 4 already. It is simply to repeat what Senator...

Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (7 Jul 2004)

Brendan Ryan: The Minister can do as prescribed in the amendment.