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Seanad: Order of Business (3 Apr 2007)

Terry Leyden: It is still there.

Seanad: Medical Practitioners Bill 2007: Second Stage (3 Apr 2007)

Terry Leyden: How much time?

Seanad: Medical Practitioners Bill 2007: Second Stage (3 Apr 2007)

Terry Leyden: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?

Seanad: Medical Practitioners Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (4 Apr 2007)

Terry Leyden: I would like to add my voice to the argument that is being made. If one of the many doctors who are serving on local authorities is nominated to the Medical Council, he or she will be prevented under this Bill from accepting that position. I do not see any reason for this unfair provision, which discriminates against doctors who are members of local authorities. I fail to understand the...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Apr 2007)

Terry Leyden: Will the Leader consider resuming the debate on regional transport policy which would include discussion regarding the magnificent contract signing yesterday with two Spanish companies and an Irish company for €605 million for the N6 from Ballinasloe to Galway city, which is 57.6 km?

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Apr 2007)

Terry Leyden: To anticipate the Leader's response——

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Apr 2007)

Terry Leyden: ——it is vital that we do not leave out the section from Athlone to Ballinasloe because there is no point having the road completed on the Galway and Dublin sides but leave out the patch of County Roscommon——

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Apr 2007)

Terry Leyden: ——which is not yet going ahead. We should push for that to be completed by 2010. It is a great day for the BMW region and a great day for the west that a motorway will be built from Galway to Dublin. I compliment the Government on this marvellous achievement.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Apr 2007)

Terry Leyden: It is not every day a great honour is bestowed on one's own county. The greatest honour has been bestowed on County Roscommon by the appointment of Lieutenant-General Dermot Earley as chief of staff of the Defence Forces from 28 June.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Apr 2007)

Terry Leyden: It is relevant to County Roscommon.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Apr 2007)

Terry Leyden: It will not arise again for a number of years.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Apr 2007)

Terry Leyden: They know all about that and so do the councillors.

Seanad: Consumer Protection Bill 2007 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (5 Apr 2007)

Terry Leyden: I appreciate Senator Cox's point because she initiated this amendment. She prepared a Private Members' Bill, but she achieved more by including the provision in this Bill. I hope the response fulfils what she set out to achieve, namely, to ensure prohibitive charges on credit cards will not be allowed.

Seanad: Consumer Protection Bill 2007 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (5 Apr 2007)

Terry Leyden: I congratulate the Minister, Deputy Martin, the Minister of State, Deputy Killeen, and their senior officials who have put a great deal of work into the Bill. It is appropriate that worthwhile amendments, especially those proposed by Senator Cox, who has done some pioneering work on excessive credit card costs and charges, have been recognised by the Minister and the Minister of State. They...

Seanad: Consumer Protection Bill 2007 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (5 Apr 2007)

Terry Leyden: I wish Senators and the staff of the Houses a very happy Easter.

Seanad: Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (26 Apr 2007)

Terry Leyden: The Minister of State without interruption, please.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2007)

Terry Leyden: I compliment those Senators who are going for election and will hopefully be returned to the Dáil. Having served in the Dáil and several Departments, I have come to the Oireachtas in many shades but found it a wonderful experience to be in the Seanad for the past five years. We owe a debt of gratitude to the Leader, Senator O'Rourke, who set a trend and placed a stamp of authority on the...

Seanad: Protection of Employment (Exceptional Collective Redundancies and Related Matters) Bill 2007 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (1 May 2007)

Terry Leyden: I thank the Minister and his officials. Getting this essential Bill through was a very close shave and the Minister of State and his officials put considerable work into it. I thank the Minister of State for the time he has spent in the Seanad. I wish him well in the general election and have no doubt he will be a member of the next Cabinet.

Seanad: Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Second Stage. (1 May 2007)

Terry Leyden: I welcome the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Deputy Ó Cuív, and thank him for coming to the House to progress this Bill. I wish him every success in the near future.

Seanad: Ethics In Public Office (Amendment) Bill 2007: Second Stage (3 Jul 2007)

Terry Leyden: Tomorrow.