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Seanad: Economic Competitiveness: Motion (22 Nov 2006)

Brendan Ryan: .... I am not sure how it benefits the public for us to be involved in a confusion of three different definitions of inflation. Every study done by every political party shows that ordinary citizens feel prices are rising unfairly and that they are being ripped off. For example, when the price of oil rose from $55 to almost $80 a barrel, the price of petrol shot up with it. I would love to...

Seanad: Prisons Bill 2006: Second Stage (22 Nov 2006)

Brendan Ryan: ...he may have access to serious, intellectually sustainable evidence that shows prison to work as a deterrent or to have a rehabilitative function. If this is the case, I would like to see it. I feel there may be a good deal of evidence that prison has the opposite effect. There is a romantic notion that some people wish to go to prison to escape the winter, which may be true of two or...

Seanad: Drug Misuse: Statements (16 Nov 2006)

Brendan Ryan: ...was exclusively and overwhelmingly a Dublin issue. My understanding is that some of the drug gangs in Cork struck moral poses about the fact that they did not sell heroin and it somehow made them feel superior. They have got over this now that they have discovered how much money is to be made. I am open to Members on the Government side misrepresenting the problem. To a degree, we...

Seanad: Homelessness: Motion (15 Nov 2006)

Brendan Ryan: ...find it difficult to come here to live because the level of house prices has reached ridiculous proportions. One cannot provide housing for the poor if the richest in our country are beginning to feel that houses are becoming ridiculously expensive. This is not the only issue at stake, but it is fundamental in nature. It is a great pity that the Government did not have the graciousness...

Seanad: Homelessness: Motion (15 Nov 2006)

Brendan Ryan: ...raised the issue in the House is no great compliment to a succession of Governments, including some of which my party was a member. However, although we are again discussing homelessness, any feelings of déjÀ vu are not appropriate. When we dealt with the issue more than 20 years ago, we first had to convince a sceptical State, including the local authorities, that there was a problem....

Seanad: Ageism Policy: Statements (12 Oct 2006)

Brendan Ryan: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit agus roimh an díospóireacht seo. It is probably the day for advertising one's age. I turned 60 during the summer and I do not feel or notice any difference. I understand 55 years is the age at which one joins the ranks of the elderly. Such categorisation is ridiculous. I believed that as much when I was 20 as I do now. I am sorry I was not here for...

Seanad: Institutes of Technology Bill 2006: Second Stage. (5 Jul 2006)

Brendan Ryan: ...are being blamed when universities copy and undermine their successes. If the Minister wants to do something about the concept of equality, she needs to ensure that all campuses look equal and feel the same, and that the good ideas which are developed in third level institutions are treated in accordance with the OECD report. The OECD recommended that when good ideas evolve in a certain...

Seanad: Order of Business. (5 Jul 2006)

Brendan Ryan: ..., Professor Brendan Drumm, did not want released because he felt it might frighten people. He had good reason to think they might be frightened. People have good reason to be frightened when they feel going to hospital puts them at risk of becoming more sick. Today's reports indicate that the HSE had planned to recruit 50 staff to deal with infection control and that it was refused...

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages. (28 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: ...will be there because I am sceptical about the use of overwhelming military force of the kind that, incidentally, may be used in Gaza in the next few days, to achieve anything other than a good feeling among the supporters on one side. The whole triple lock mechanism is cumbersome, slow and, I agree, occasionally embarrassing but I would be prepared to revisit it if we had a succession of...

Seanad: Social Partnership Agreement: Motion. (21 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: ...between the hours of 6 p.m. and 10 p.m., is a normal part of my duties. My colleagues and I want to know what else is wanted from us in terms of flexibility. The issue arises because academic staff feel there is an attempt to put an end to holidays and related matters without negotiation and proper consultation. If it is intended to end holidays, let us talk about this. What more...

Seanad: Health (Repayment Scheme) Bill 2006: Committee Stage. (13 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: ...illegally. Various agencies could do likewise. Although the executive could take money from one channel, it has found itself incapable of sending money down another channel. Nevertheless, it still feels capable of labelling an action fraudulent. There is not even a definition of fraud in the Bill. The executive will apparently recognise fraud and ask for the money back when appropriate. It...

Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: ...not a communications problem, it was a fundamental policy failure. We are entitled to know what happened in the Attorney General's office on this issue, otherwise the parents of this country may feel they cannot trust that office to take every action necessary to defend children. Yesterday it was announced that the north-eastern area of the Health Service Executive was implementing...

Seanad: National Economic and Social Development Office Bill 2002: Committee Stage. (31 May 2006)

Brendan Ryan: .... At present, there is nobody to represent those who are not allowed by their employers to join a union. The trade union movement does its best but it would be preferable that every worker could feel free to join a union.

Seanad: Order of Business. (24 May 2006)

Brendan Ryan: The Senator must be feeling——

Seanad: Order of Business. (24 May 2006)

Brendan Ryan: I have no idea why Senator Norris feels it necessary to abuse the fact that I can speak Irish.

Seanad: Order of Business. (24 May 2006)

Brendan Ryan: ...for Justice, Equality and Law Reform should come in here to explain the peculiar priorities of his Department and there should be an attempt to get it in line with what the public generally feels. It is at least a month since I raised the fact that the Taoiseach's Department website has not noted that James Connolly founded the Labour Party in the man's biography. In a week when the...

Seanad: Ageism Policy: Statements. (17 May 2006)

Brendan Ryan: I am not aware of anything that has changed about me apart from when I look in the mirror and see grey hair, which used to be black. I do not feel older intellectually. When I was younger I was more conservative in many ways but my politics have shifted to the left because I have developed an even healthier scepticism of all forms of power and authority as I have gotten older. I should be...

Seanad: Order of Business. (5 Apr 2006)

Brendan Ryan: ...every occasion. That is not a great advertisement for whatever was supposed to be the advantage of its privatisation. I am still not persuaded as to why Aer Lingus should be privatised. I have the feeling that the rancid meat in the middle has infected the whole sandwich and we are talking about ideology taking over. I would like the Minister to come to the House to explain to me the...

Seanad: Cancer Services: Motion. (22 Mar 2006)

Brendan Ryan: ...must travel for treatment. They appear to think that people can travel from 50, 60 or 100 miles away to the centre in Dublin. We are talking about women who are frightened, have families and might feel sick. Nobody has thought about how to permit these women to travel to Dublin in a humane, efficient and effective way, a feature of the entire programme which I find astonishing. The...

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Mar 2006)

Brendan Ryan: ...and Law Reform running away from the leader of the Labour Party. It is a commentary on the failure of the Government on the law and order issue, the protection of our citizens and leaving them feeling safe on the streets, that the Minister is afraid to debate the issue with the leader of the second-largest party in Dáil Éireann. That is a fact which should upset this country. We are used...