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Seanad: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Second Stage (26 Sep 2012)

Terry Leyden: I do not want to interrupt the Senator, but his time has concluded. I must hand over to the Cathaoirleach.

Seanad: Life-Limiting Health Conditions in Children: Motion (26 Sep 2012)

Terry Leyden: I express my admiration for Senators Mary Ann O'Brien and Jillian van Turnhout who tabled this well formulated motion. They have a brought a new dimension to the Seanad and it is commendable that they tabled a motion of this nature. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch. I also welcome the representatives from the Irish Hospice Foundation and Mr. Jonathan Irwin of the Jack...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2012)

Terry Leyden: The Senator might get it herself. She would be very good. I would support it.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2012)

Terry Leyden: He will be celebrating Arthur's Day.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2012)

Terry Leyden: Senator Noone has certainly given great publicity to Arthur's Day. In fact, people might be celebrating tonight the resignation of a great Minister of State, Deputy Róisín Shortall, who led the campaign against excessive drinking.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2012)

Terry Leyden: It is most regrettable. The former Minister of State was in this House on numerous occasions and amended a Bill in this House at my request. She was dynamic and took on the establishment and the vested interests in the drinking industry. Unfortunately, she has resigned, not on that issue but on another, which I very much regret. I second Senator Denis Landy's request that the Minister come...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2012)

Terry Leyden: Having served in the Department of Health for a period, I can tell the House that delegation of responsibility is a problem at all levels in that Department.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2012)

Terry Leyden: I wish Deputy Róisín Shortall success. She probably made the right decision to stand down, but it is a loss to the Department and the Oireachtas. I wish her well in her future career as, possibly, leader of the Labour Party.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2012)

Terry Leyden: She is in the Labour Party. She only resigned the Whip.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2012)

Terry Leyden: I have not finished.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2012)

Terry Leyden: I wish to concur with the excellent statement by the acting leader of the Opposition, Senator White. She spoke from knowledge, conviction and experience. I wish the Government would listen to her contribution today. It comes from a very good knowledge of industrial development in this country, in which she has led, while her husband, Padraic, led the IDA during a difficult period. The...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2012)

Terry Leyden: Balbriggan and Swords.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2012)

Terry Leyden: The Senator is aware people are only praised when they die or have resigned. One receives no praise when one is alive.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2012)

Terry Leyden: Dream on.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2012)

Terry Leyden: From 1 October 2012 the Private Security Authority demands a fee of up to ¤2,250 for a licensee to install CCTV cameras in private houses. Anybody who breaks the law, including householders, will incur a fine ¤3,000 and be committed to imprisonment for 13 months. Heretofore this service was readily provided by local electricians or technical people. When the Government came into office...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2012)

Terry Leyden: Indeed, and should not have set up many of those organisations.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2012)

Terry Leyden: The Government assumed office on a promise and won the election under false pretences on many issues, including transparency in Government. Please do not raise the health centres because there is more to come out on that issue.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2012)

Terry Leyden: Yes. I ask the Leader to examine this point to ensure there is a reduction in charges. The licensing issue is fine but a person should not be charged ¤2,250 for a licence every two years to install small CCTV cameras in a private houses or businesses throughout the country. I had no expectation of the Government but the public had high expectations of the Government.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2012)

Terry Leyden: It will go down in flames the same as the previous Coalition Government.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2012)

Terry Leyden: That is very positive.