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Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2008)

Terry Leyden: This is a great country.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2008)

Terry Leyden: Yes, we live in the greatest country in the world but America is one of the largest democracies.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2008)

Terry Leyden: Finally, I agree with Senator O'Toole that the end suppliers are sometimes blamed for the cost of oil and diesel but, in fact, it is the refineries and the major distributors that charge the most. Ultimately, the small retailers are saddled with the high costs. It is important that suppliers of oil and diesel reflect the drop in the cost of a barrel of crude oil.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2008)

Terry Leyden: I welcome the decision by the Government that the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Ryan, and the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Deputy Ó Cuív, are to get together to resolve the ongoing problems with the natural gas project at Bellanaboy, County Mayo. It is vital and in the national interest that this gas is brought ashore and...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2008)

Terry Leyden: People have other roles in this House too, by the way.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2008)

Terry Leyden: The Senator should let people sort out their own agendas. This is something the Department should examine. It should carry out a survey to see what support can be given to the owners of these mills to provide the necessary turbines to produce energy for the locality. That would be a positive step forward in a difficult time in which we need to maximise energy production. Millions of...

Seanad: Criminal Assets Bureau Annual Report 2007: Statements (12 Nov 2008)

Terry Leyden: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Dermot Ahern, to the House and commend him on his leadership of the Department and in terms of ensuring law and order. He has done a tremendous job since his appointment. The Garda Síochána has a great friend in court in the form of the Cabinet, including the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform. I say this because I am a nominee of the Garda...

Seanad: Criminal Assets Bureau Annual Report 2007: Statements (12 Nov 2008)

Terry Leyden: ——by the then Minister and rightly so. I presume that if the Opposition is in a position to make good, sound, original and helpful suggestions to the Minister by way of a Private Members' Bill, he will give them due consideration.

Seanad: Criminal Assets Bureau Annual Report 2007: Statements (12 Nov 2008)

Terry Leyden: In that regard, the recent murder is a watershed as far as the country, including Limerick, is concerned. I do not know the Minister's views on charging criminals. The Special Criminal Court has been used in cases such as that in Limerick because one cannot get people to give evidence as they are terrified that their doing so will compromise their safety and well-being. The Special Criminal...

Seanad: Death of Member: Expressions of Sympathy (18 Nov 2008)

Terry Leyden: I got to know Séamus in 1973 when he became secretary general of Fianna Fáil. I am the only Member of this House who was a Deputy in 1977. I pay tribute to his fantastic work for the party. He was selected by Jack Lynch on the recommendation of his father, who was a member of the national executive. He was the most outstanding secretary general we ever had in Fianna Fáil. He...

Seanad: Agriculture Sector: Statements (18 Nov 2008)

Terry Leyden: I would like to welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Mansergh, to the House. I now call on Senator John Carty.

Seanad: Ambulance Service (20 Nov 2008)

Terry Leyden: Thank you, a Chathaoirligh, for allowing this motion on the Adjournment. I apologise to the Minister of State for arriving late, but I was expecting a vote on the Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008. The matter I raise was brought to my attention by Councillor Orla Leyden, who has contacted Professor Brendan Drumm of the HSE and the Minister for Health and Children. It relates to the non-cover...

Seanad: Ambulance Service (20 Nov 2008)

Terry Leyden: I thank the Minister of State for her response but it has not dealt with the fact that there was no ambulance service cover on 14 November this year for Roscommon County Hospital. I intend to pursue this matter further to investigate the circumstances surrounding that situation. I will try to get an assurance there will no recurrence of a situation whereby we do not have an ambulance...

Seanad: Ambulance Service (20 Nov 2008)

Terry Leyden: I thank the Minister of State for attending the House and I recognise her goodwill in this regard. I know she will convey my views to the Department to ensure there will be no recurrence of this situation in future.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Nov 2008)

Terry Leyden: I ask the Leader of the House to arrange a debate with the appropriate Minister on the availability of skilled workers due to the downturn in the building industry and to raise with the Minister the need for a survey on the availability of those skills. They could be utilised in the provision of hot water in schools through the use of solar panels. I carried out an initial survey of 3,300...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Nov 2008)

Terry Leyden: ——and demonstrate the green agenda to young people, that hot water can be provided through solar panels without any cost. I received numerous representations during my survey from schools on staff numbers and prefabs and in a situation where there are difficulties in schools this may not be the most appropriate survey. However, it is a question of matching skills, availability and the...

Seanad: Charities Bill 2007: Second Stage (26 Nov 2008)

Terry Leyden: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and commend him on bringing forward this Bill. Debate on the subject of this Bill has been ongoing for the past ten years and this Bill is the culmination of that debate. It is not before time that it has been introduced. Approximately 7,000 organisations have charitable status and that number is increasing. A vast amount of money, in the...

Seanad: Charities Bill 2007: Second Stage (26 Nov 2008)

Terry Leyden: It is a question of persuading a Minister. We, on this side of the House have dialogue with Ministers and we can make representations to him or her.

Seanad: Charities Bill 2007: Second Stage (26 Nov 2008)

Terry Leyden: We can go to our parliamentary party. The Minister will listen to questions put by this side of the House when they are well argued and reasoned.

Seanad: Charities Bill 2007: Second Stage (26 Nov 2008)

Terry Leyden: I know the Leas-Chathaoirleach would like me to go further in this regard. I intend to speak on the matter on Committee Stage. My personal experience of the Minister of State, Deputy Curran, is that he will not exclude the possibility of allowing councillors to be on the authority. That does not mean they have to be selected as members of the authority or that there has to be a quota of...