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Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2012)

Terry Leyden: I meant it in a most jocose manner and it should not be taken too seriously. I call on the Minister to outline the situation regarding the fact there is no legislative backdrop to granting the national water authority to Bord Gáis. Bord Gáis is up for privatisation. Will all of the water schemes throughout Ireland and the assets built up by local authorities while providing an excellent...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2012)

Terry Leyden: I would like to make the Minister aware this is the situation.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2012)

Terry Leyden: I am sure he will be informed of it. We are having imposed on us the household charge, the non-principal private residence charge and the water charge. Workers are very concerned. Instead of decentralising services we are centralising the control of Ireland's water to Dublin. Local authorities are in a better position to carry out Government policy in this regard. It has been brought to...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2012)

Terry Leyden: -----will be used for this purpose. No legislative power is involved and the Government has only now responded to The Sunday Times leak in this regard. I am very disappointed in Senator Ivana Bacik, a Labour Party candidate in the general election who opposed water charges. The Minister, Deputy Brendan Howlin, withdrew the water charge. The Labour Party has done a somersault on water charges.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2012)

Terry Leyden: I second the amendment proposed by Senator Darragh O'Brien.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2012)

Terry Leyden: We are being set up.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2012)

Terry Leyden: Is that worse than a rottweiler?

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2012)

Terry Leyden: That is the story.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2012)

Terry Leyden: There is plenty of water in Killarney.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2012)

Terry Leyden: One could sell the water in the lakes of Killarney.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2012)

Terry Leyden: There is no time like the present.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2012)

Terry Leyden: There was a change of Government. Frankfurt's way or Labour's way.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2012)

Terry Leyden: No, this Government was elected on a different platform.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2012)

Terry Leyden: It opposed water charges and household charges and everything else.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2012)

Terry Leyden: Senator Cummins should read his party's policies because those policies have been betrayed.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Apr 2012)

Terry Leyden: I ask the Leader to arrange an early debate with the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Shortall, on her campaign to introduce legislation to control the price of alcohol being sold in supermarkets. Below-cost selling in supermarkets is putting enormous pressure on publicans and their families and is also encouraging excessive drinking at home. Vodka can be bought for...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Apr 2012)

Terry Leyden: Last Monday I passed through Castlerea and noticed publicans erecting a sign proclaiming "Customers wanted - apply within". While this was a humorous approach by the two publicans Albert McCormack and Seán Lavin of the Horse and Jockey in Castlerea, it nevertheless indicated the pressure on pubs at this time. Today's edition of the Roscommon People highlighted this particular situation....

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Apr 2012)

Terry Leyden: I want to highlight the issue. I know the Leader of the House will give the issue serious consideration aside from the flippant remarks by Senator Norris, which we will ignore.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Second Stage (27 Apr 2012)

Terry Leyden: I welcome the Minister. I also welcome the introduction of the Bill. The Minister will have realised since she took up office that Fianna Fáil was most innovative with social welfare schemes. Fianna Fáil Governments brought forward the most enlightened social welfare provision of any Government in the State. I acknowledge we were in government for a long time.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Second Stage (27 Apr 2012)

Terry Leyden: However, every Fianna Fáil Minister with responsibility for social welfare introduced more schemes than Ministers from other parties. We will challenge any party on that because we will not stand for history being rewritten. We introduced the schemes for lone parents, carers and the free fuel, television licence and travel schemes.