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Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: The Leader must not have heard me correctly.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: I asked a question about the health service.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: I had intended to praise the Minister, but I will not do so now.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: I concur with Senator O'Brien on the removal of transport services from the HSE. Senator Healy Eames also referred to the matter and I hope she will now take action in this regard. It is the responsibility of Government Senators to do what we did in the past and preserve these services. These services were provided for dialysis and cancer patients in the west and all of a sudden the HSE...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: The Government better control the monster. Why has the HSE west been isolated from the rest of the country vis-À-vis transport? This needs to be resolved and nothing less than the full restoration of the service will be acceptable. I have just come back from attending a Council of Europe meeting in recent days and I discover another stealth tax. It is not possible to leave the country...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: It is vital for the Minister, Deputy Hogan, to come to the House to explain why he is proposing to introduce a stealth tax, as the previous Opposition called it.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: It is a very good phrase. There are 450,000 septic tanks in the country, not all of which operate to the satisfaction of the Environmental Protection Agency. The cost of replacing these tanks will be approximately €15,000 per household if they are close to a public water supply. The reality is that the people will not be able to afford this and the Government will need to introduce a...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: I ask the Leader to invite the Minister to the House forthwith to explain the situation and put a halt to his gallop; this man has gone mad and is charging for everything. Fresh air will be charged for next and it will be impossible to survive here.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: One Senator referred to a problem with bogs. The bogs pale into insignificance compared with the attack on those living in rural areas with the imposition of a charge of €200 to €300 per household for the sake of carrying out inspections which are unnecessary.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: I put the question already.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: Those on the other side are finding it very uncomfortable in government.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: I can assure them it is not all fun in government. They are learning it very fast. After 100 days the honeymoon is over; the marriage is in trouble; and a divorce will be coming.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: I wish to second the proposal by my colleagues, Senator John Kelly, Senator Jimmy Harte and others that the Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly, should be asked to attend the House to give an outline of his health policies, particularly concerning the difficulties we are encountering in Roscommon. These concern the Government's proposal to downgrade the accident and emergency unit at...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: The Leader should ask the Minister to attend the House to explain these matters. The Minister wrote a letter entitled: "Dear people of Roscommon, I'm going to lie to you now."

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: No, that is not what he said. He said I would like to confirm-----

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: I would like to ask the Leader to ask the Minister for Health how he could send a letter to the people of Roscommon saying that the accident and emergency unit would not be downgraded, and that if it closed, he would reopen it. Those are the lies. Let us be clear that the Labour Party is in government. Senator John Kelly said that the future of the hospital was very safe in Labour Party hands.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: Which one?

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: No. I want to make this quite clear, he did not say that. He said, "Dear people of Roscommon...". At that stage, he did not say at that stage "we are going to lie to you", but he has lied to them.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: The Minister said that in the event of the accident and emergency unit being downgraded "we are committed to reinstating a 24/7 service". If that is true-----

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: But a lie is a lie.