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Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (26 Mar 2003)

Cyprian Brady: It was worth a try.

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Motion for Earlier Signature. (26 Mar 2003)

Cyprian Brady: I move:

Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (26 Mar 2003)

Cyprian Brady: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. The health service in Ireland is among the best in Europe. Those in this House and the wider community are aware of the problems being encountered but very rarely do we hear of the many stories of swift, efficient and successful treatment which takes place daily for thousands of people. Senator Ryan referred to this earlier and the Minister for...

Seanad: Foreign Conflicts: Motion. (21 Mar 2003)

Cyprian Brady: I thank Senator Morrissey for sharing time and I welcome the Minister of State. I commend him on his achievements in his portfolio thus far. After 12 years of UN pressure and attempts at persuasion, including no less than 17 different resolutions, Saddam Hussein has continued to laugh at the world. The recent charade of inspectors running around Iraq, finding a bomb here and empty shell...

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

Cyprian Brady: This will bring change.

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

Cyprian Brady: How would it be paid for? By increasing charges?

Seanad: Local Government Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Mar 2003)

Cyprian Brady: Did the Senator find many such people?

Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (5 Mar 2003)

Cyprian Brady: That is wrong. There was full due process.

Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (5 Mar 2003)

Cyprian Brady: That is not true.

Seanad: Suicide Incidence: Statements. (27 Feb 2003)

Cyprian Brady: I welcome the Minister of State. A line from a song associated with a television programme in the 1970s stated suicide was painless. It is not. The pain a suicide victim goes through beforehand can only be imagined and the pain and distress suffered by those left behind are probably one of the worst forms of bereavement there is. I raised this issue on the Order of Business last week as a...

Seanad: Local Government Bill 2003: Second Stage. (26 Feb 2003)

Cyprian Brady: Speak on the Bill.

Seanad: Local Government Bill 2003: Second Stage. (26 Feb 2003)

Cyprian Brady: Very much so.

Seanad: Local Government Bill 2003: Second Stage. (26 Feb 2003)

Cyprian Brady: I congratulate the Minister on his interest in this matter. He is spending a great deal of time in the House. I welcome the Bill for a number of reasons but particularly because it modernises and enhances the role of local government while strengthening the role of Oireachtas Members. How many times at election time have we heard somebody say: "We have not seen you since the last election"?...

Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (25 Feb 2003)

Cyprian Brady: On Senator Burke's point about local authorities and the provisions in the Bill which place restrictions on the issuing of licences, we had an interesting case recently at the Joint Committee on the Environment and Local Government whereby representatives of Wicklow County Council were brought in to explain its position on landfill sites in County Wicklow. It proved to be a particularly...

Seanad: National Drugs Strategy 2001-2008: Statements. (19 Feb 2003)

Cyprian Brady: I welcome the Minister to the House once again. I warmly welcome the opportunity to discuss this important issue and I compliment Senator Brian Hayes on raising it. This is a complex area. Despite ongoing efforts by Governments around the world to deal with the problem of drug abuse, no single universally acceptable and effective response model has emerged. The model adopted by this and...

Seanad: Order of Business. (18 Feb 2003)

Cyprian Brady: I want to raise the important issue of the OECD report on the incidence of suicide in this country published over the weekend. The shocking statistics indicate that we have the second highest rate of suicide of 30 countries throughout the world and the highest rate among those under 25 years of age, of whom a huge proportion are young men. Will the Leader of the House arrange for the relevant...

Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Feb 2003)

Cyprian Brady: I wish to share five minutes of my time with Senator Ormonde. I welcome the Minister and the publication of the Bill. I congratulate the Minister and his Department on grasping the nettle and taking on this sometimes emotive but extremely important issue – pollution prevention and control. The thrust of the Bill is to bring the 1992 and 1996 Acts into line with legislation in the rest of...

Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Feb 2003)

Cyprian Brady: My own children come home and give out to me if I throw out a newspaper and they separate rubbish. That is a cultural change. If one had said five years ago that we would have wheelie bins in Dublin and people would be separating their waste automatically, one would have been laughed at. This is how the Bill balances enforcement with encouragement to comply with regulations. I also welcome...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill, 2002: Second Stage. (18 Dec 2002)

Cyprian Brady: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire agus déanaim comhgairdeas léi as ucht an Bhille seo, agus go háirithe as ucht na hoibre atá déanta aici go dtí seo. The past five years have seen a dramatic improvement in the provision of welfare services. Many of the major players in the area of social services, including those involved in social partnership, have admitted that the improvements have had...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill, 2002: Second Stage. (18 Dec 2002)

Cyprian Brady: The purpose of the Bill is to protect the changes made in the past five years. It consolidates the excellent work done in that time. Many of the social partners admit this. It is frustrating to hear people bandy about figures regarding poverty and confuse consistent poverty with relative poverty. If one of the Smurfit family moves in next door, one's relative poverty rating will shoot through...