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Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (19 Nov 2008)

Brendan Ryan: ...line 26, after "social" to insert ", economic or cultural". This amendment strengthens the provision on avoiding undue social segregation. It is supported by Focus Ireland and other groups which feel this would enhance the legislation.

Seanad: Overseas Missions: Statements (29 Nov 2007)

Brendan Ryan: ...4,300 troops required. That in itself has the potential to be a problem given that France was the former colonial power in that country and is a supporter of the Government there. Anti-Government feeling could manifest itself in anti-French feeling but hopefully that will not arise. We are confident that our troops will be well prepared. The additional specific training referred to in...

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy. (25 Apr 2007)

Brendan Ryan: ...bheith pearsanta faoi seo. When thinking of Kate in recent days one word has repeatedly come to mind and that is "warmth" because it radiated from her. I do not say such things lightly. One could feel her warmth both inside and outside this House and it was indicative of the things people have said about her. The warmth she emanated was recognised by her community in Celbridge, with...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Mar 2007)

Brendan Ryan: It would be much easier, however, if Senator Norris did not feel the need to interrupt me.

Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)

Brendan Ryan: ...never quite sure what "Poths Hall" was, but we knew it was there somewhere. It entertained us enormously, although we were never quite sure what it did. I suppose, therefore, there is a certain feeling of nostalgia about it.

Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)

Brendan Ryan: I have some other questions and I do not believe they are trivial. The Acting Chairman has a wonderful way of looking at me to make me feel like I am wasting the House's time.

Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)

Brendan Ryan: ...of the blood transfusion board to raise them with the body by which they were appointed. Blanket confidentiality is an attempt to silence lay people. Many public servants on boards to a degree feel entitled to discuss with their managements matters about which the other members are unaware. On previous occasions when discussing similar confidentiality clauses with other Ministers, I was...

Seanad: Pharmacy Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Mar 2007)

Brendan Ryan: ...community pharmacies in the same town? It is difficult to separate the belief in some type of competition. It may not be market-based competition. It may be quality of service or the fact people feel comfortable with one pharmacist more than another. It may be that women feel happier dealing with a female pharmacist about an issue and men feel more comfortable dealing with a male...

Seanad: Communications Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (Resumed) (22 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: ...General's office, who is probably barely aware of the existence of e-mails and so on, decided to leave it out. There is no other reason. It is because somebody who was drafting the Bill did not feel comfortable with the issues of e-mails and text messages that he or she left them out. It is perfectly reasonable to see the same hand behind that and this extraordinary attempt to give the...

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: ...exclusive right of Protestants to bear arms. That is the reason I pointed out that if we do not repeal it, Senator Mansergh is the only one of the Members here who would have that right. I would feel it was unfair if Senator Mansergh could bear arms and I could not. I would really feel threatened.

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: ...else. I like the delicate reference in the explanatory memorandum that the originals of many of these early statutes are either in London or were lost in the destruction in 1922. It makes one feel that there are two equal horrors — one is destruction and the other is being in London. We know what happened in 1922. I do not dispute the principle that there must be some basis for all...

Seanad: Hospital Infections: Motion (14 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: ...nurses and doctors. What should be the subject of collective responsibility is turned into an adversarial set of circumstances in which those who deal with the dirty job of hygiene continually feel that what they are being asked to do is not remedying the problem. They are asked to fill out more forms and produce more procedures to which they do not believe those above them are...

Seanad: Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (8 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: I had a funny feeling there would be a sting in the tail.

Seanad: Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: ...session, I simply refer to the way broadcasting has evolved not just here but all over Europe. If we are in favour of giving our children the space to be children, which is something about which I feel strongly, that issue needs to be considered. Otherwise, we accept a 15-year old is a fully functioning adult in which case we give them votes, lower the age of consent to 15 and do many...

Seanad: Human Rights Issues: Motion (31 Jan 2007)

Brendan Ryan: It is not extraordinary. There is a resonance between people such as myself and the citizens of the United States who feel exactly the same way I do about a discredited president who told them lies to start a war, who was elected illegally and who has led the country up a most dangerous and destructive cul-de-sac. That is what America represents and what I support. I am not anti-American;...

Seanad: Genealogy and Heraldry Bill 2006: Second Stage (12 Dec 2006)

Brendan Ryan: ...Minister asked the board its opinion and how it felt the interpretation of others in this area differs from its own. It would be interesting if he asked the board members in confidence how they feel the Attorney General's advice can be reconciled with their apparent willingness to accept the situation. I have often sat in this House going through long Bills section by section with...

Seanad: Genealogy and Heraldry Bill 2006: Second Stage (12 Dec 2006)

Brendan Ryan: ...services, accessibility and copyright, and I hope the Minister will deal with them. I ask the Minister not to let us get involved in an argument about details in this legislation that the Minister feels are inconsistent. In the past two years I have been responsible for two Government Bills having to return to the Dáil late in the summer because they contained mistakes. If the Minister...

Seanad: Budget Statement 2006: Motion (6 Dec 2006)

Brendan Ryan: ...John Paul Phelan's party as the first sign of Bolshevism but Fine Gael, like all parties, has changed. It was dramatic changes such as these which characterised Fianna Fáil when it still had a feel for the needs of ordinary people. Its approach has transformed into econometrics with the party believing some of the nonsense spoken by economists. Senator Mansergh gets a little excited...

Seanad: British-Irish Agreement (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (29 Nov 2006)

Brendan Ryan: ...has been sufficient ambiguity for some people to be able to say they were bounced into deadlines while, at the same time, they said enough to ensure the deadlines were met without anybody else feeling they were bounced into dissolving anything. We have this peculiar interregnum where the Northern Ireland Assembly, which was due to either sort out its issues or be dissolved on 24 November,...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2006)

Brendan Ryan: ...in west Kerry called An Ghráig, which some have attempted to translate as Graigue but nobody, in either the Galltacht or Gaeltacht, would know where people meant by that name. Those who do not feel comfortable with the position in the Gaeltachtaí should confine themselves to their own places. B'fhéidir gur chóir do dhaoine éisteacht le heagraíocht nua dár teideal Todhchaí na...