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Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Apr 2003)

Brendan Ryan: Members of the other House feel free to speak about Seanad reform and put their names to reports about—

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Apr 2003)

Brendan Ryan: Certainly, except that one of these matters was guillotined here and is still not finished. It was attempted to rush some of the other legislation through, although this was fought off by the Leader. These are still on the Dáil Order Paper, although we were expected to rush them through – before Christmas, in the case of the Immigration Bill 2002. Another Bill, utterly relevant to the...

Seanad: Humanitarian Crisis in Iraq: Statements. (2 Apr 2003)

Brendan Ryan: If people are concerned – as are many Members of the House – about the humanitarian disaster looming in Iraq, they are obliged to demand immediately an end to the activity that is causing that disaster, namely, hostilities. I do not understand why a Government that claims it is neutral cannot say that this conflict should stop now. The British Government says that if we stop now, we will...

Seanad: Humanitarian Crisis in Iraq: Statements. - Regulatory Reform: Motion. (2 Apr 2003)

Brendan Ryan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Humanitarian Crisis in Iraq: Statements. - Regulatory Reform: Motion. (2 Apr 2003)

Brendan Ryan: What is great about being a pragmatist is that one picks up the best ideas and looks at the concepts that work. That is one of the reasons I long ago abandoned liberal market economics. They do not work because they are based on presumptions about human behaviour that are not true. They espouse the view that people should be driven into a form of behaviour which is inimical to their well-being.

Seanad: Humanitarian Crisis in Iraq: Statements. - Regulatory Reform: Motion. (2 Apr 2003)

Brendan Ryan: It is a very competitive profession and always has been. In fact, I am a little taken aback at the Indecon suggestion that the consumer would be better off if the Association of Consulting Engineers of Ireland did not publish records of fees. The consumer would be worse off if he or she did not know. The lists should be an accurate record of historical data: this is what the ACEI and the IEI...

Seanad: Humanitarian Crisis in Iraq: Statements. - Regulatory Reform: Motion. (2 Apr 2003)

Brendan Ryan: The Senator should not joke about this – it is serious. The legal profession, on the other hand, would have us believe somebody who does a four year degree in law needs another four years before he or she can function adequately as a lawyer. That is palpable nonsense. Either there is something wrong with the degree course or there is something wrong with the subsequent training. There is...

Seanad: Humanitarian Crisis in Iraq: Statements. - Regulatory Reform: Motion. (2 Apr 2003)

Brendan Ryan: The Senator knows I am married to a doctor.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: On the issue of the two Members of the Oireachtas, I support fully what Senator O'Toole said. I do not want to go into too much detail because the matter is still ongoing. I share his indignation that a Garda magazine should suggest some similarities. Whatever our frailties or faults, these two Houses represent the elected representatives of the people, whose job it is, for better or worse,...

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: They were murdered because someone chose irresponsibly to use lethal force in an area where they could not have been in any doubt what would happen if anything went wrong. It behoves us to say this to people we claim as our friends. They are creating the most appalling conflict in the world. Yesterday the representatives of the Al-Jazeera television network were banned from Wall Street.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: It was said it was a problem about accommodation which was in short supply. Therefore, it is reported to the Arab world that the defenders of freedom will not allow a free medium from the Arab world to report on what is happening in one part of the United States. An English language website was set up yesterday. It has been inaccessible because it has been constantly bombarded by the most...

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: That is the reason I want to say— (Interruptions).

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: It is a speech, and I am proud of the fact.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: I know the difference between right and wrong and I am very happy to stand up and say so. I denounced the Provisional IRA in this House in language that could not be questioned. I will not be silent and let others do the same things just because they claim the cloak of respectability.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: It is not propaganda.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: We heard that before.

Seanad: Employment Permits Bill 2003: Second Stage. (27 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: They can be registered to vote.

Seanad: Employment Permits Bill 2003: Second Stage. (27 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: They will not vote for Fianna Fáil after that speech.

Seanad: Employment Permits Bill 2003: Second Stage. (27 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: When they hear what the Senator said, they will not vote for Fianna Fáil.

Seanad: Employment Permits Bill 2003: Second Stage. (27 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: I would not go down the road of suspect pasts, if I was a member of Fianna Fáil.