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Seanad: Budget Statement: Motion. (4 Dec 2002)

Brendan Ryan: Greed.

Seanad: Budget Statement: Motion. (4 Dec 2002)

Brendan Ryan: Obviously the Progressive Democrats do not believe the Taoiseach.

Seanad: Budget Statement: Motion. (4 Dec 2002)

Brendan Ryan: That is not my fault.

Seanad: Budget Statement: Motion. (4 Dec 2002)

Brendan Ryan: The Minister did increase taxation.

Seanad: Budget Statement: Motion. (4 Dec 2002)

Brendan Ryan: On more than one occasion the Cathaoirleach declined to call someone off the rota because they arrived late and gave the impression they did not take the House seriously. I am disappointed the Leas-Chathaoirleach did not follow precedent on this occasion. Members should not just walk in and out.

Seanad: Budget Statement: Motion. (4 Dec 2002)

Brendan Ryan: My colleague, Senator McDowell, was at the receiving end of a different decision by the Cathaoirleach during the period of this Seanad.

Seanad: Budget Statement: Motion. (4 Dec 2002)

Brendan Ryan: I am saying what the Cathaoirleach did.

Seanad: Budget Statement: Motion. (4 Dec 2002)

Brendan Ryan: I am aware of those rules, too.

Seanad: Budget Statement: Motion. (4 Dec 2002)

Brendan Ryan: It will be taken up at the appropriate occasion.

Seanad: Budget Statement: Motion. (4 Dec 2002)

Brendan Ryan: For a man who thought the budget was so wonderful the Senator is in very bad humour.

Seanad: Budget Statement: Motion. (4 Dec 2002)

Brendan Ryan: This is an extraordinary budget. Sometimes a Minister can be accused of letting his head rule his heart and other times of letting his heart rule his head. This budget has neither heart nor head. It is heartless. Let us get the social welfare increases into perspective. A widow is not getting €10 but closer to €7. Only a widow over 66 years of age will get the larger increase. The issue,...

Seanad: Budget Statement: Motion. (4 Dec 2002)

Brendan Ryan: Most of what is in the document has been implemented. Is this going to happen? The problem with the budget is that it has no heart because it does not reflect an understanding of the human problems in society and no head because it talks nonsense about sustaining a competitive position with the worst infrastructure in Europe. Investment in infrastructure must be judged in this context. One...

Seanad: Budget Statement: Motion. (4 Dec 2002)

Brendan Ryan: As I said, this budget has no heart because it does not address the fundamental fact that this is the most unequal society in the OECD. The budget has no head because it does not address the basic problem of competitiveness arising from our appalling infrastructure, development of which is being indefinitely placed on the long finger. There will be no improved railways, no real improvements...

Seanad: Budget Statement: Motion. (4 Dec 2002)

Brendan Ryan: I move amendment No. 2: After "Budgetary Statement" to add the following: "and the failure to make any provision in the Budget for the 200,000 extra medical cards which were promised during the recent General Election.".

Seanad: Budget Statement: Motion. (4 Dec 2002)

Brendan Ryan: The fact that I have knowledge of procedure does not mean I agree with it.

Seanad: Order of Business. (3 Dec 2002)

Brendan Ryan: On behalf of the Labour Party I would like to be associated with the remarks of Senator Brian Hayes. I had the pleasure of knowing Jim Mitchell for the best part of 20 years or more. As well as being a politician I respected, he was a person I liked. On both grounds his demise at a young age is particularly regrettable. We in the Labour Party would like to convey our deepest sympathies to his...

Seanad: Digital Hub Development Agency Bill, 2002: Report and Final Stages. (3 Dec 2002)

Brendan Ryan: I thank the Minister. I will not be moving amendments Nos. 2 and 3 because they are adequately covered by the Minister's amendment. I will leave it to Senator Quinn to decide about amendment No. 4, but I had expected it would be obligatory, rather than legally possible, to publish things electronically. The Minister's amendment does not make it clear that this is the case.

Seanad: Digital Hub Development Agency Bill, 2002: Report and Final Stages. (3 Dec 2002)

Brendan Ryan: On a point of order, is it in order for me to propose that the Bill be recommitted for the purpose of discussing amendment No. 9 which involves a fundamental change to the functions of the agency, including a number of issues that deserve to be discussed in detail? I do not want to make a major issue of this, but it would be much more satisfactory to deal with the amendment in committee in...

Seanad: Digital Hub Development Agency Bill, 2002: Report and Final Stages. (3 Dec 2002)

Brendan Ryan: I apologise for springing the proposal to recommit on the Cathaoirleach at such short notice. I simply did not have the opportunity, perhaps through my own fault, to read the section.

Seanad: Digital Hub Development Agency Bill, 2002: Report and Final Stages. (3 Dec 2002)

Brendan Ryan: I appreciate that and I will do my best. It was late in the afternoon before I had a chance to read the section. I wish to inquire about subsection (1) of the new list of functions. It states the functions of the agency shall be to enter, where appropriate, into an agreement with a person who has arranged or provided funding for the carrying out of any part of the development of the digital...