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Seanad: Dormant Accounts: Motion. (25 Feb 2004)

Brendan Ryan: Remember that the Minister, Deputy McCreevy, wants one.

Seanad: Dormant Accounts: Motion. (25 Feb 2004)

Brendan Ryan: That would happen regardless of what changes are made.

Seanad: Dormant Accounts: Motion. (25 Feb 2004)

Brendan Ryan: On December 18, during the holidays.

Seanad: Dormant Accounts: Motion. (25 Feb 2004)

Brendan Ryan: Will we have problems with the Comptroller and Auditor General?

Seanad: Dormant Accounts: Motion. (25 Feb 2004)

Brendan Ryan: It is for gathering votes.

Seanad: Dormant Accounts: Motion. (25 Feb 2004)

Brendan Ryan: Does the Minister of State want a list? One page or two?

Seanad: Dormant Accounts: Motion. (25 Feb 2004)

Brendan Ryan: It sounded like it.

Seanad: Dormant Accounts: Motion. (25 Feb 2004)

Brendan Ryan: ADM is not good enough. Fianna Fáil is better.

Seanad: Competition Authority Report: Statements. (25 Feb 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I agree with a good deal of what Senator Minihan said.

Seanad: Competition Authority Report: Statements. (25 Feb 2004)

Brendan Ryan: The Senator should be worried. Everybody who applies the power of reason inevitably ends up on the left, because that is the only rational place to be. The Senator was too gentle on the question of collusion. We all remember the change in mortgage interest rates when the Bank of Scotland arrived here. I do not believe the chief executives of the banks and building societies telephoned each...

Seanad: Competition Authority Report: Statements. (25 Feb 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I do not believe in any of these laws but in deference to the clock, I will cease.

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Feb 2004)

Brendan Ryan: At least it was possible to see the ballot papers.

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Feb 2004)

Brendan Ryan: In my experience of Dustin I have found that he is well able to answer for himself and has dealt with far more formidable critics than Senator O'Toole. I will leave it to Dustin. I fully agree with what the two previous speakers said about electronic voting. Why did Members of both Houses of the Oireachtas insist that a detailed paper trail, requiring the signature of four Members of each...

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Feb 2004)

Brendan Ryan: We do not trust it when we have a public vote. While we vote in public we still want a paper record verified by four Members, yet we are telling the electorate that this will not be available to it. Why are we so different from the electorate? Representatives of the OECD recently visited this country as part of a review of higher education. Many bodies, including the Higher Education...

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (18 Feb 2004)

Brendan Ryan: Just like in a polling station.

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (18 Feb 2004)

Brendan Ryan: I gather the paper records will be kept.

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (18 Feb 2004)

Brendan Ryan: The Government does not trust the electronic system.

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (18 Feb 2004)

Brendan Ryan: That is another way of saying the same thing.

Seanad: Revenue Commissioners: Motion. (18 Feb 2004)

Brendan Ryan: We are talking about serious offences here. In the same period, between 2,000 and 3,000 people have been convicted of welfare offences. What I would like to highlight is that there are very exacting evidential standards to be met in order to satisfy the criteria for a successful prosecution. Why is that not the case when 300 or 400 people per year are prosecuted successfully for welfare...

Seanad: Revenue Commissioners: Motion. (18 Feb 2004)

Brendan Ryan: Welfare offenders are sent to prison.