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Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (15 Jul 2013)

Terry Brennan: I would like to support my colleagues who like myself have been very agitated over this press release on which there was an embargo until 11 o'clock today. It is an awful pity that it did not come out last week before we had begun the-----

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (15 Jul 2013)

Terry Brennan: We will probably be told that tomorrow night. There are lies and total lies in the statement from the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Richard Bruton. I ask the Leader for an urgent debate from the Minister, Deputy Bruton, before Report Stage commences tomorrow night at 7 p.m.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (15 Jul 2013)

Terry Brennan: I will change it to "allegation". When I read a figure that I know in my heart and soul cannot be substantiated by not alone the Minister, Deputy Bruton, but the Cabinet, and what attempts he has made in the past to reform the Seanad-----

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (15 Jul 2013)

Terry Brennan: Would it be possible to ask the Minister concerned, Deputy Richard Bruton, to come before the Seanad prior to the commencement of Report Stage, which I understand will begin tomorrow night at 7 p.m.?

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (15 Jul 2013)

Terry Brennan: He could come some time today or tomorrow. I want the figures quantified. I want to ask the Minister what reforms he initiated while in government in the past.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (15 Jul 2013)

Terry Brennan: I propose it.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (15 Jul 2013)

Terry Brennan: I propose to the Leader that the Minister involved with Seanad abolition is brought to the House before Report Stage commences tomorrow evening.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (15 Jul 2013)

Terry Brennan: I have not proposed an amendment to the Order of Business.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (15 Jul 2013)

Terry Brennan: I have it.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2013)

Terry Brennan: Unfortunately, the good weather has brought many tragedies to different communities throughout the country and many young people have drowned. On Sunday evening last there was a call that a young person had fallen into the sea from the east pier in my home town of Carlingford and within minutes the air and sea rescue service, ambulances, Civil Defence and the river rescue team had all...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Jul 2013)

Terry Brennan: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I am one of the people who attended the six days of hearings. I listened to all sides of the argument and did not ask one question. I, too, congratulate the Chairman, Deputy Jerry Buttimer, on his performance for the entire hearing. The Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill has received enormous discussion and coverage over the past couple...

Seanad: Special Olympics Ireland: Motion (17 Jul 2013)

Terry Brennan: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit go dtí an Seanad. Bionn tú anseo go minic. As spokesperson for my party in the Seanad on tourism and sport, I am glad to contribute to the debate and congratulate my Labour Party colleagues on this initiative. As the Minister of State noted, Special Olympics Ireland receives funding from the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Jul 2013)

Terry Brennan: Ba mhaith liom freisin fáilte a chur roimh an Seanadóir Hildegarde Naughten go dtí an Seanad. Lá stairiúil atá ann don Seanadóir agus dá clann. I support the call made by my colleague, Senator Mary Moran, on St. Mary's, Drumcar, County Louth, where on Friday last parents were advised that lunches would no longer be provided for day patients. It came...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jul 2013)

Terry Brennan: At the outset I thank my colleague Senator Keane for her advice this morning that people who are less likely to take their breakfast in the morning are more likely to have a heart attack. As one who does that regularly I must thank her and assure her-----

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jul 2013)

Terry Brennan: -----that it is not going to happen in the future. Dunleer railway station in County Louth is on the main commuter belt running from Dublin to Dundalk and Belfast. It has been closed for several years. In mid-Louth the towns of Dunleer and Ardee and the area in general have developed significantly over the past 15 or 20 years. I appeal to the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jul 2013)

Terry Brennan: Perhaps. The station should be opened for the benefit of people working in Dublin and students who travel to and from Dublin daily who now have to travel to Drogheda and Dundalk. It should be reconsidered as the town and the area have developed significantly in recent years. Will the Leader ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Varadkar, if he will do this?

Seanad: Construction Contracts Bill 2010: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (23 Jul 2013)

Terry Brennan: It was amazing to hear Senator Quinn say that 1,168 days - perhaps we are close to 1,169 by now - have passed since this Bill was introduced. Seán Gallagher brought these issues to my attention when I was serving as a local councillor on Louth County Council. He was very concerned. As has been said, Senator Quinn was the only person up here who took on Mr. Gallagher's idea. This Bill...

Seanad: SI 325 of 2012 - European Union (Quality and Safety of Human Organs Intended for Transplantation) Regulations 2012: Motion (20 Aug 2013)

Terry Brennan: If we accept this motion and annul the statutory instrument, we will be taking a retrograde step. We will be the only country in the European Union that will not have a coherent and detailed structure relating to donation, testing, characterisation, procurement, preservation, transport and transplantation of organs. To go forward we need the human tissue Bill to be published and public...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company: Discussion with Chairperson Designate (18 Sep 2013)

Terry Brennan: There is not much more I can add to what my colleagues have already said. I live within ten yards of Carlingford, which I believe to be the tourism capital of the country. I am lucky in that I live by the sea. It is very important to me, my family and my own diaspora when they return home. A number of colleagues were in Carlingford a couple of weeks ago at a think tank. They had a great...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2013)

Terry Brennan: At the risk of being accused of being personal or parochial, as a former ESB employee, I am very concerned over how my former colleagues are being treated by this and the previous Government with regard to their defined-benefit pension scheme. Like all ESB employees, I paid almost 7% of gross wages for 40 years to the scheme. Sadly many of my colleagues have not reached retirement age...