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Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: I can prove it.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: Last Friday, the Minister was asked a question by Senator John Kelly and others, and he said: "That was then, this is now. I'll take the hit".

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: The Minister is going to take the hit, yet he is not in the constituency at all. Yesterday, the Taoiseach said that from 11 July-----

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: It would be appropriate for the Minister for Health to attend the House to make a statement concerning the letter he sent to the people of Roscommon before the election giving those commitments. The people have been misled. Labour share the responsibility for this and Michael D. Higgins will suffer a fate at the hands of the electorate in the presidential election. The people will respond...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: There is a serious situation in Roscommon. The people of Roscommon have been betrayed by the Labour Party and Fine Gael concerning the accident and emergency unit at Roscommon Hospital.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: The Labour Party is in coalition now and if it cannot stand the heat, it should get out of the kitchen. They are all culpable.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: I might be better than some of them that are going.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: The truth must be out. Truth is truth. That is what it is all about.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: More of a stage appearance.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: That is very obvious.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: Senator John Whelan seems to be a convert on the road to Kildare Street in regard to the future of this House. He seems to have found his voice at long last, on which I congratulate him. Let us be clear that he will not deal with me in the way he dealt with the Deputy in County Laois. On the issue of responsibility, this is a coalition Government of the Labour Party and Fine Gael and it has...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: The Cathaoirleach allowed the Senator to make a disparaging comment about me and I will respond in like form.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: I am a sensitive soul.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: It is relevant to me.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: I do. I ask her to contact the leader of her party to take action about the attacks on the flotilla sailing to Gaza to support the people of Palestine. I accompanied the Tánaiste previously and, in fact, led a delegation to Palestine in 2006. He knows the situation first hand, that Gaza is an open prison of 1.5 million people. There are brave and courageous people from this country who...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: That is a surprise to me - a president for all the people.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: I cannot sit here and listen to this.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: I got very little response when I raised it on the Adjournment.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: There were statements on Sligo hospital. I know all about Sligo.