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

Brendan Ryan: ——but I have picked up a considerable level of support from my colleagues in Fine Gael in my pursuit. The Bill further states that when preparing the proposal, the Minister shall have regard to the approved plan. He is not bound by it. Where will we know how he has regard to the approved plan? We will not know because he will not publish the objective criteria. The Government may approve...

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

Brendan Ryan: We can see through it all right.

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

Brendan Ryan: It passed through my head and left nothing behind.

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

Brendan Ryan: Just like Punchestown.

Seanad: EU Presidency: Motion. (7 Jul 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I begin by being as generous and as ungrudging as I can be, which my colleagues on the Government side will feel is not very much, in complimenting the Taoiseach, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Minister of State, Deputy Roche, on a job well done. It is not meant to diminish their achievement to say that we have come to take for granted that our Presidencies go well. Our politicians...

Seanad: EU Presidency: Motion. (7 Jul 2004)

Brendan Ryan: This is uncharted territory and in such circumstances we do a very good job. It is time we believed in ourselves. The report which is to be released today on our future industrial development says the same thing.

Seanad: EU Presidency: Motion. (7 Jul 2004)

Brendan Ryan: If anything has been learned over the past ten years it is that we are a capable, innovative, imaginative and flexible people. International capital, that most ruthless of measuring indices, has recognised that fact. I do not dispute the significance of tax rates, grants and so on but the most appealing quality, according to HP, Intel and many other companies, is our achievement in producing...

Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Jul 2004)

Brendan Ryan: That remark was misplaced but I do not want to embarrass Senator Norris. Which Minister will take the Bill next week? Will the Minister who is driving it be on holiday while Seanad Éireann is being forced to take it or will he be in the House for the first or second time in two years? What exactly did the Leader learn? She tantalisingly said that she learned a number of things and perhaps...

Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Jul 2004)

Brendan Ryan: They are both Progressive Democrats.

Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Jul 2004)

Brendan Ryan: It is Superquinn.

Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Jul 2004)

Brendan Ryan: While I understand the Cathaoirleach's concern for order in the House, I trust that he will not prevent me from responding to what the Leader said when introducing the Order of Business. For reasons that are far more significant and important to me than holidays, I will not be here next week because something is happening that requires me to stay at home. That is not what I want to talk...

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jul 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I would be happy to have a debate on the European constitutional treaty when we have a full version of it in English. The first concern is to make sure an authoritative English language version and, I hope eventually, an Irish language version are produced. Will the Leader tell the House whether the State Airports Bill, which deals with Aer Rianta, will be taken next week? It is a matter of...

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jul 2004)

Brendan Ryan: Well, I-——

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jul 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I thought I was dealing with the Order of Business. I was asking about next week's business.

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jul 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I presume I will get a yes or no answer.

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jul 2004)

Brendan Ryan: Much concern has been expressed in regard to the cost of the National Roads Authority's proposed roads investment. I have never been able to obtain the precise figures on land acquisition costs associated with this. However, the Minister of State at the Department of Finance, Deputy Parlon, grinned from ear to ear in the House when I made the point that I had not heard a farmer complain for a...

Seanad: Hospital Services: Motion. (30 Jun 2004)

Brendan Ryan: ——with a considerably greater degree of success than Senator Glynn has had in any election in which he was not depending on party votes. We do not need to start worrying about that one. The really disappointing thing is that the Minister for Health and Children came to the House to talk about everything except the nub of the motion, which is why hospital facilities worth €500 million...

Seanad: Hospital Services: Motion. (30 Jun 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I have sat here and listened to my party and its history traduced over the past few hours, with considerable constraint most of the time. There is a section in the Minister's script, which describes precisely what I am talking about. It is on page 4 and is headed Fiscal Reality. That is a Charlie McCreevy phrase if ever I heard one. As far as I am concerned, I am entitled to deal with what...

Seanad: Hospital Services: Motion. (30 Jun 2004)

Brendan Ryan: There are many Members on the back benches of Fianna Fáil who are now talking out of the sides of their mouths about what is wrong with Charlie McCreevy.

Seanad: Hospital Services: Motion. (30 Jun 2004)

Brendan Ryan: Six years ago I said he was the worst Minister for Finance this country has ever had and I have been proven right. He is a disaster for this country. He has destroyed the heart of Fianna Fáil and turned it into an extension of the Progressive Democrats.