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Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2009)

Terry Leyden: What about Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae?

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2009)

Terry Leyden: I welcome the fact that the European Central Bank, ECB, will reduce its interest rate by approximately 0.5% later today. This will make a big difference for borrowers and mortgage holders. In 1982, another dark period in our history, inflation and interest rates stood at approximately 18%. The ECB's move will sound a positive note on the day on which we will recapitalise the two major...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2009)

Terry Leyden: I wish to make one point.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2009)

Terry Leyden: The Cathaoirleach will understand the position when I finish my point. At some point, he could undergo an experience similar to that which I endured yesterday. I drove to the BP TOP filling station on the quays, the Esso station in Parkway West and the Shell station in Palmerstown——

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2009)

Terry Leyden: ——but none of them had in place facilities to allow one to inflate the tyres on one's car.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2009)

Terry Leyden: In this country, there is only one filling station for every 2,000 people.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2009)

Terry Leyden: I am amazed that the people of Dublin do not complain about the fact that they cannot inflate the tyres on their cars at filling stations. In Castlecoote, the village in which I reside, it is possible to inflate the tyres on one's car without charge. However, three filling stations within a 10 km radius of this House do not have any service facilities.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2009)

Terry Leyden: I was aware that the Senator might make jokes of that nature.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2009)

Terry Leyden: However, I will overlook them.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2009)

Terry Leyden: The point I am making is——

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2009)

Terry Leyden: ——that the Tánaiste should come to the House to explain the work being done——

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2009)

Terry Leyden: ——on behalf of the Government by the National Consumer Agency. I have lodged a complaint with the agency in respect of this matter.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Mar 2009)

Terry Leyden: Will the Leader of the House consider having a separate discussion on the difference in tax between the North and the South? For instance, there is approximately €700 million of a haemorrhage going North at the moment. We are told that 49% of all alcohol consumed in the State is bought in the North.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Mar 2009)

Terry Leyden: It is my contention that there has been a massive fraud in regard to the use of VAT numbers from the South into the North. There is no control whatsoever. The scam is that one brings a number from the South to a shop in the North and one gets ones supplies. No record is kept. There is a need for a cross-Border agreement that the supplier will verify the legitimacy of the number in terms...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Mar 2009)

Terry Leyden: Well done.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Mar 2009)

Terry Leyden: I object to Senator Norris running for the Dáil. I want him in here.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Mar 2009)

Terry Leyden: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Apr 2009)

Terry Leyden: The Senator should do so.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Apr 2009)

Terry Leyden: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Apr 2009)

Terry Leyden: Hear, hear.