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Seanad: Electoral, Local Government and Planning and Development Bill 2013: Second Stage (19 Jul 2013)

Denis Landy: I will link it.

Seanad: Electoral, Local Government and Planning and Development Bill 2013: Second Stage (19 Jul 2013)

Denis Landy: I welcome this-----

Seanad: Electoral, Local Government and Planning and Development Bill 2013: Second Stage (19 Jul 2013)

Denis Landy: The Bill legislates for Tipperary; that will do us for now. We will handle the hurling end of it ourselves. I welcome the Bill which is practical, pragmatic and necessary. The first thing I noted in it was a reference to my county of Tipperary and also to counties Limerick and Waterford. Given the amalgamations, we will need a new register of electors before the next local and European...

Seanad: Electoral, Local Government and Planning and Development Bill 2013: Second Stage (19 Jul 2013)

Denis Landy: There is a grain of truth in what they ask because any person worth their salt on the ground should be seeing who is not on the register.

Seanad: Electoral, Local Government and Planning and Development Bill 2013: Second Stage (19 Jul 2013)

Denis Landy: Some people who have gone into a nursing home or a hospital might not be on the register at their home address. They deserve to be given an opportunity - even if it is the local politician who gives it to them - to be made aware that their right to vote will not be made available to them. As I said, there is a grain of truth in what we are asked. I fully agree that the register of electors...

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

Denis Landy: If ministerial posts were given out for effort, Senator Quinn would certainly get one on the basis of the work he has put into this legislation. I commend and thank him for his achievement in this regard. This is one of the biggest issues I have encountered in my home town of Carrick-on Suir and across my constituency of South Tipperary since I became a Member of this House. I could do...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Sep 2013)

Denis Landy: I support the call by Senator Hayden for NAMA to release houses to local authorities and to social housing organisations. As has been said, NAMA holds some 10,000 housing units, yet there are 98,000 people in need of housing. It does not take a genius to work out that the houses held by NAMA should be released into the stewardship of local authorities and social housing organisations. I...

Seanad: Junior Cycle Reform: Motion (18 Sep 2013)

Denis Landy: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Education and Skills to the House. My opening comment is for the Minister. I ask the Minister of State to convey the following message to him. All of the Senators embrace reform.

Seanad: Junior Cycle Reform: Motion (18 Sep 2013)

Denis Landy: I am sure that the Minister would not like to see history abolished. I with to take the opportunity, in the week that is in it, to commend the Minister on securing a €50 million stimulus package in recent months. It is great to see the roots of the stimulus package being rolled out into constituencies across the country. Yesterday a school extension in my constituency was announced....

Seanad: Junior Cycle Reform: Motion (18 Sep 2013)

Denis Landy: The Senator inferred that it was.

Seanad: Junior Cycle Reform: Motion (18 Sep 2013)

Denis Landy: In fact history is compulsory in 50% of schools.

Seanad: Junior Cycle Reform: Motion (18 Sep 2013)

Denis Landy: On reaching second level education, students will have spent eight years studying history as part of their primary curriculum. The changes proposed by the Minister will deal with a number of issues besides history and concerns subject overload. For example, in cases where students are expected to study 12 and 13 subjects the number will be reduced to between eight and ten subjects. I...

Seanad: Junior Cycle Reform: Motion (18 Sep 2013)

Denis Landy: I knew that would cheer him up. The first I heard of Connolly and Larkin was not in the classroom but at the fireside from my late uncle. At that time history was taught by people who had their own views. The opportunity for students and teachers to spend extra hours in a classroom to debate, discuss and consult will ensure a better learning atmosphere for those who chose to study history...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment)(No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage (24 Sep 2013)

Denis Landy: They could not. That is ridiculous.

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment)(No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage (24 Sep 2013)

Denis Landy: It is ridiculous. Senator Leyden was a Minister and should have more sense than to make a statement like that.

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment)(No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage (24 Sep 2013)

Denis Landy: I welcome the Minister of State to the House, and I commend her on bringing forward this legislation. The Bill, which we have looked for for a long time, is an important step. I welcome the Minister of State's announcement to legislate for a deposit protection scheme. We have all had cases in our constituencies in which deposits have been withheld. In some cases, it has been denied that...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Sep 2013)

Denis Landy: I want to raise the issue of the withdrawal by the previous Government of child benefit to secondary school students on reaching the age of 18 years. This commenced on a phased basis in 2009 and the benefit was withdrawn completely by 2010. The removal of child benefit to students who are still in secondary school and are over 18 years, is unjust. The Minister at the time, Mary Hanafin,...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Mr. David Begg (25 Sep 2013)

Denis Landy: I will confine my contribution to questions but I wish to make a brief comment. I welcome David Begg as a fellow trade unionist. He has championed the cause of workers for decades. I had reason to be involved in the trade union movement with David Begg in Telecom Éireann and in Eircom. It was one of the leading companies which showed how partnership in the workplace could function....

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Oct 2013)

Denis Landy: I commend Senator Eamonn Coghlan on the work he has done during the past year. As the Senator indicated, he went away and did this work quietly. Ireland currently lies 23rd in the league of nations regarding the amount of physical education children receive on a weekly basis. I have no doubt, in light of the work being done by Senator Eamonn Coghlan, that we will begin to move up the table...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Oct 2013)

Denis Landy: We were robbed.