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Seanad: Redundancy Payments Bill, 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (14 May 2003)

Terry Leyden: I do not wish my words to be misinterpreted by Senator Ulick Burke or anybody else. I am simply suggesting that the Tánaiste and her Department advisers should look at every possible aspect in every file in respect of past payments. I am not saying the Tánaiste can, in this legislation, make provision for retrospective payments to the workers in Castlecomer. It was her good intention that...

Seanad: Redundancy Payments Bill, 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (14 May 2003)

Terry Leyden: The way out suggested would be rather painful for this House. I was trying to be helpful in any way I could in relation to the Bill. I thank the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Harney, and the Minister of State, Deputy Michael Ahern, for bringing it forward. This absolutely wonderful legislation will be most helpful for those who face difficulties in the future. I hope...

Seanad: Redundancy Payments Bill, 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (14 May 2003)

Terry Leyden: Many of us who left councils in 1991 did not receive a redundancy package but there was a special agreement in 1999. There are hard luck cases but I was trying to be sympathetic. It may not have been helpful but, like the Tánaiste, I was sympathetic to the plight of individuals in this regard. I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Michael Ahern, who has undertaken a great deal of work in the...

Seanad: Redundancy Payments Bill, 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. - Criminal Justice (Joint Investigation Teams) Bill 2003: Order for Second Stage. (14 May 2003)

Terry Leyden: I move: "That Second Stage be taken now." Question put and agreed to.

Seanad: Decentralisation Programme: Statements. (21 May 2003)

Terry Leyden: Did Longford not get an office of the Department of Social and Family Affairs?

Seanad: Decentralisation Programme: Statements. (21 May 2003)

Terry Leyden: Will the Senator acknowledge what Longford has received?

Seanad: Decentralisation Programme: Statements. (21 May 2003)

Terry Leyden: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House to take this matter. I am delighted he is in this Department. Given his knowledge of rural areas, no one is better equipped to be aware of what is happening in every part of the country. He knows exactly the requirements. It is ideal that he is in this Department at this time.

Seanad: Decentralisation Programme: Statements. (21 May 2003)

Terry Leyden: I want to put this in context. It is important to set out the background to this matter, given that there are those who might criticise this Government over delays in honouring its commitment in the programme for Government. A decision was made in 1992 to decentralise the General Register Office to Roscommon town, which it has taken ten years to achieve, that being one of the longest sagas in...

Seanad: Decentralisation Programme: Statements. (21 May 2003)

Terry Leyden: He certainly did. He thought it was a retrograde step, but fortunately we now have computerisation, broadband access, e-mail and other forms of communication. The computerisation of some 70 million files in that office is proceeding very well.

Seanad: Decentralisation Programme: Statements. (21 May 2003)

Terry Leyden: Roscommon, being the heart of Ireland, would also be a possible location. From my research on this issue, I understand that 120 towns have applied for decentralised offices. There are some 13 or 14 large folders in the Department containing submissions from towns throughout the country, but nobody knows the number of civil servants who are seeking to transfer from Dublin. Some say that 18,000...

Seanad: Rural Development Policy: Statements (Resumed). (21 May 2003)

Terry Leyden: I believe the Senator has spoken in the debate already. We have checked the Official Report.

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 May 2003)

Terry Leyden: It is not true.

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 May 2003)

Terry Leyden: On standby but not true.

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 May 2003)

Terry Leyden: The dual mandate is back in place.

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 May 2003)

Terry Leyden: Senator Coghlan referred yesterday to the groceries order and the suggestion by the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment that it may need to be removed and that the regulations governing the size of large supermarkets or hypermarkets should be reviewed. To my recollection, An Agreed Programme for Government makes no reference to these suggestions.

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 May 2003)

Terry Leyden: On behalf of small grocery shops, I put down a marker that we wish to ensure they will be protected. The system is working well and I see no desire to bring more German hypermarkets like Aldi and Lidl into the country. It has enough of them. They do not buy any Irish products for sale on their shelves and do not assist the economy one iota. The present system is satisfactory. I hope the House...

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 May 2003)

Terry Leyden: They could take over Fine Gael yet.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 May 2003)

Terry Leyden: I ask the Leader to provide time in early July to debate in detail the Forfás consumer pricing report of 2003, which places the Republic of Ireland second highest in the euro zone, next to Finland. Increases in Irish consumer prices in the past five years have sharply outpaced those of our European neighbours. To gauge reaction to the high prices, I am launching a "name and shame" consumer...

Seanad: Sustaining Progress: Statements. (27 May 2003)

Terry Leyden: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Finance, Deputy Parlon, and I congratulate him on the tremendous work he is doing in the Department. I look forward to some wonderful decisions in regard to decentralisation. I have, for the first time, had the opportunity to vote for an agreement as a member of SIPTU. I am in the House as a SIPTU member and nominee of professional...

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 May 2003)

Terry Leyden: I thank Senator Ryan for so warmly endorsing the name and shame consumer campaign. I am grateful for the information he has given me and to Members in assisting me in launching this campaign. The response to date has been fantastic.