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Seanad: Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Bill, 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Sep 2011)

Terry Leyden: I thank the Minister for staying for the duration of the debate and I welcome him to the House. I invite the Minister to reply to the Second Stage debate on the Bill.

Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Sep 2011)

Terry Leyden: No family secrets, now.

Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Sep 2011)

Terry Leyden: Broken promises.

Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Sep 2011)

Terry Leyden: I support Senator Susan O'Keeffe's request to the Leader. He will be concerned about the successful outcome of Maeve McGivern's case in London. I have no doubt that the Government and the Minister will see their way to providing transport for her. It has been a successful operation and we are all delighted with her progress. The family have gone through a very difficult time. The...

Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Sep 2011)

Terry Leyden: I am asking the Leader to arrange for the Minister to attend the House to report on the progress he is making on replacement jobs and the sale of MBNA, which is of crucial importance to Roscommon, Leitrim, Sligo, Longford and the surrounding areas.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Sep 2011)

Terry Leyden: Dr. James Reilly has been there too.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Sep 2011)

Terry Leyden: The world has moved on.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Sep 2011)

Terry Leyden: I ask the Leader if he will consider taking non-Government motion No. 17 (4) on the Order Paper which states: That Seanad Éireann calls on the Irish Government to formally recognise a Palestinian State at the UN General Assembly meeting in September 2011 and that such a state would be based upon Israel's pre-1967 borders with mutually agreed land swaps. I raise this matter because of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Sep 2011)

Terry Leyden: I am putting a question. The Labour Party must assert itself or it will become irrelevant in this Government and that is what is happening at the moment. This is a very serious situation for the Labour Party-----

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Sep 2011)

Terry Leyden: I am glad. Will the Senator stick by that position?

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Sep 2011)

Terry Leyden: So the Labour Party, Senator Bacik, will recognise the Palestinian State in the United Nations? Will Ireland recognise the right of the Palestinian people, on a vote, to be part of the United Nations?

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Sep 2011)

Terry Leyden: Will the Leader accept the non-Government motion? The massive Jewish vote in the United States of America influences government policy and Obama is now a tool of the Israeli State. It is not a question of "Yes, we can", but "No, we will not".

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Sep 2011)

Terry Leyden: At the beginning of the end of his presidency, I hope the 40 million Irish Americans in the US will remember his statement last night at the United Nations.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Sep 2011)

Terry Leyden: No, I made a request of the Leader.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Sep 2011)

Terry Leyden: That is not true. I reject that totally. That is an unfair comment. I am not anti-Semitic.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2011)

Terry Leyden: The Senator should be working with Met Éireann.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2011)

Terry Leyden: I second the proposal by Senator Healy Eames in regard to University College Hospital Galway. The hospital is greatly overcrowded and the closure of the accident and emergency department at Roscommon County Hospital has added to the numbers attending. The situation is very serious, to the extent that the HSE has requested that patients not attend UCHG. There was one case last week where a...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2011)

Terry Leyden: I commend the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Gilmore-----

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2011)

Terry Leyden: Wait a moment-----

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2011)

Terry Leyden: Yes. I commend the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Gilmore, on his statement in New York in regard to this issue. I am now convinced he is more of a lion than a lamb in the Cabinet. Senator Ivana Bacik stated last week that the Government would follow this policy, which has been confirmed. I thank the Senator for that.