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Written Answers — EU Presidency: EU Presidency (10 Feb 2004)

Eamon Ryan: Question 165: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the information which will be publicly available from the Agenda 133 meetings which are to be held under the Irish Presidency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3811/04]

Order of Business. (17 Feb 2004)

Eamon Ryan: The Minister told us she did not intend to proceed with it.

Written Answers — Budget Statement: Budget Statement (17 Feb 2004)

Eamon Ryan: Question 114: To ask the Minister for Finance the consideration he is giving to changing the way the annual budget is presented and is considered by Dáil Éireann. [4801/04]

Written Answers — Economic and Monetary Union: Economic and Monetary Union (17 Feb 2004)

Eamon Ryan: Question 139: To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the most recent meeting of eurozone Finance Ministers with the European Central Bank. [4800/04]

Commissions of Investigation Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Mar 2004)

Eamon Ryan: I am nervous following a speaker who has had such experience of various Dáil committee investigations in the past, and facing a Minister with an extensive legal background. As someone who has been a Member of the Oireachtas for only two years, I am a little shy about speaking on such weighty issues as to how we should investigate the affairs of State. I will attempt to do my best, however,...

Commissions of Investigation Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Mar 2004)

Eamon Ryan: It is a system which allows, to a certain extent, leaders of the Opposition parties to make the occasional point or raise an issue on the Order of Business but if a backbencher has a serious concern it is almost impossible to determine where it can be raised during the day. It is almost impossible to raise it on the Order of Business. In my experience from my time in this House, there is...

Commissions of Investigation Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Mar 2004)

Eamon Ryan: Perhaps the Minister will let me explain. I tabled a question to the Minister for Transport to ask when the Government decided, as reported in the newspapers, to proceed with this project and I received a letter from the Minister for Transport stating that it is not his responsibility but that of the National Roads Authority. In other words, it is not a Government responsibility, which I find...

Commissions of Investigation Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Mar 2004)

Eamon Ryan: Yes. Given that we already have the facilities——

Commissions of Investigation Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Mar 2004)

Eamon Ryan: I remember as an illegal immigrant in the United States when working nights in restaurants, one of the sad joys I had during the day was watching Congressional meetings as the minutiae of US society was investigated. It was a hugely educational and entertaining pastime. Maybe I am a political trainspotter in enjoying it but a significant number of Irish people would relish a similar service....

Commissions of Investigation Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Mar 2004)

Eamon Ryan: I agree with Deputy Rabbitte's earlier argument. If there is a concern about this Bill, it is about the initiation process of a commission inquiry. The Bill as currently arranged is coming from the Government with the approval of the Minister for Finance and that is of incredible significance in that ultimately like so much else in the running of our society it is the Minister for Finance who...

Confidence in the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government: Motion. (30 Mar 2004)

Eamon Ryan: As our party's leader said, carbon emissions and Ireland's failure to meet its Kyoto obligations is one of the most serious areas in which Deputy Cullen has failed to deliver on what is required from a Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. The climate change problems include some of the biggest issues facing this country and the world. In reality, the only thing that...

Confidence in the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government: Motion. (30 Mar 2004)

Eamon Ryan: It is in the Minister's submission to the Department of Finance, if he would care to look at it. The Minister, in his early days in office famously appeared not to know, on RTE radio, the difference between the problems of the hole in the ozone layer and issues surrounding climate change strategy. I do not know whether he knows the difference now, but I do not think this matters because he...

Confidence in the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government: Motion. (30 Mar 2004)

Eamon Ryan: At least the Minister turned up tonight — he did not turn up for our last Private Members' debate.

Confidence in the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government: Motion. (30 Mar 2004)

Eamon Ryan: What about Fianna Fáil and its fascist friends?

Written Answers — Physical Education Facilities: Physical Education Facilities (30 Mar 2004)

Eamon Ryan: Question 129: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there are plans to carry out studies regarding the availability of and participation in physical education during school hours, or by pupils outside of school hours on school premises. [9766/04]

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (30 Mar 2004)

Eamon Ryan: Question 130: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will clarify who holds responsibility for the safety of pupils waiting for school transport, either within the school grounds or outside; if within the school grounds, whether this is the responsibility of the school and whether in fact the school management representative bodies acknowledge this; the consultations which have...

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Eamon Ryan: And no constitutional amendment; it is futile.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Eamon Ryan: It is a masterstroke.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (22 Apr 2004)

Eamon Ryan: It is clear we have a problem with immigration. That there is also a problem with maternity services in Dublin is quite evident to anyone who has attended these hospitals in recent times. Are we correctly addressingthese problems through this constitutional amendment? It was interesting to hear on radio this morning discussions involving representatives from the hospitals and asylum seekers....

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (22 Apr 2004)

Eamon Ryan: That is a problem that needs to be dealt with, but it is not being dealt with in this Bill. If there is a problem in Dublin hospitals, that is part of the cause. One of the masters of the maternity hospitals — I cannot remember which one — was asked on the radio this morning what the problem was and he stated strongly that it was a problem of resources. To anyone who has been in those...

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