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Seanad: Local Government Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (6 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: It is the amendment in the Bill to local elections regulations, section 6 (e) which states that where, at an election, a person is elected as a member for two or more local authorities, the person shall declare which one of those authorities the person chooses to represent. Without this, would it be possible for people to be a member of two different county councils? The explanatory...

Seanad: Local Government Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (6 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: The Minister is great at selecting quotations.

Seanad: Local Government Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (6 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: I mentioned this before. The Minister will have to be careful.

Seanad: Local Government Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (6 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: The Minister is a past master at this now.

Seanad: Local Government Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (6 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: We need it too. We tried it once and succeeded.

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy. (5 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: The Labour Party also wishes to be associated with the expressions of sympathy. I was struck by the Leader's references to record of the House which can be used to identify the qualities of someone whom none of us really remembers. As with Senator O'Toole, 1969 was a major time in my life. It is said of the 1960s that if you can remember them, you were not there. I cannot remember where I was...

Seanad: Order of Business. (5 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: I thank the Cathaoirleach for his ruling. It contributes greatly to the dignity of the House that he has dealt with the issue in this manner. I support Senator O'Toole's remarks in regard to the Americas Cup. I want to raise a related matter on the Order of Business. A report in this morning's edition of The Irish Times states that an alarmingly increased percentage of tourists surveyed last...

Seanad: Order of Business. (5 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: We have no control over it but we exist in the same building.

Seanad: Order of Business. (5 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: There are channels of communication. This House should formally approach the Committee on Procedures and Privileges of the Dáil to find out why people insist that Bills introduced here should be dealt with in an expeditious manner when they are merely added to a queue of legislation waiting to be introduced in the other House. The Lower House should learn to do its business in the same way...

Seanad: Broadcasting (Major Events Television Coverage) (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage. (5 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: I cannot resist commenting on the free market. Perfect competition is one of the great myths of the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries since it demands, among other matters, that the departure of any market participant will have no effect on the marketplace. Given its scale, the closure of Senator Quinn's wonderful chain of supermarkets would have a significant effect on the market. Once a market...

Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: On a normal Tuesday there are so many issues I would like to raise. The decision by the police authorities in London to reintroduce officers on the beat, having discovered, as everyone knew, that this works or the heroic display of democracy by the Parliament of Turkey last weekend in the face of the most extraordinary bribery are issues we should debate. I wish to be associated with the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: I was dealing with Stalinists when Members opposite did not know what they were. (Interruptions).

Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: I was talking about the Order of Business.

Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: In terms of the way the House does its business, to produce a Bill of such gargantuan impact on a Friday morning and demand that we dispose of it by Tuesday night is an example of the Fianna Fáil of old, which I thought had been consigned to history. Some things emerge after a period: first, a leopard does not change its spots; and, second, a poodle is no match for a leopard.

Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: Six.

Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: Six feet.

Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: I was obviously wrong. "Subversion" understated it.

Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: What about the staff? They do not know when they can go home because the Leader will not tell them.

Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: She used to be.

Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage. (4 Mar 2003)

Brendan Ryan: The Minister will not give them enough money.