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Seanad: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (10 Oct 2012)

Terry Leyden: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?

Seanad: Primary Care Centres: Motion (10 Oct 2012)

Terry Leyden: I welcome the Minister but I regret that no officials from the HSE or his Department are here.

Seanad: Primary Care Centres: Motion (10 Oct 2012)

Terry Leyden: The Minister is alone, but he is in good company at the same time. Having been a Minister of State in his Department, it sounds like a much more exciting place than when I was in it between 1987 and 1989. Hawkins House was not quite as dramatic.

Seanad: Primary Care Centres: Motion (10 Oct 2012)

Terry Leyden: I would like to know if the Minister did give delegation to-----

Seanad: Primary Care Centres: Motion (10 Oct 2012)

Terry Leyden: I think I am sticking very closely to it. I will develop my argument as I go along, so wait in anticipation. Did the Minister actually delegate responsibility to the former Minister of State, Deputy Shortall? It is a very important point.

Seanad: Primary Care Centres: Motion (10 Oct 2012)

Terry Leyden: I thank the Minister for that because that is not always the case in his Department. Between the Minister and the Secretary General, there has been much toing and froing in the past. Having been a Minister of State in that Department, all I can say is that if one is delegated responsibility, one works in conjunction with, consults and shares responsibility with one's Minister. One does not...

Seanad: Primary Care Centres: Motion (10 Oct 2012)

Terry Leyden: In Boyle a new centre has been built by Dr. Loftus and his team at enormous expense and it is functioning very satisfactorily. There are other doctors in Boyle and, perhaps, they will avail of the Minister's generous offer. I can give one assurance as a practising politician. Balbriggan health centre will be built and occupied.

Seanad: Primary Care Centres: Motion (10 Oct 2012)

Terry Leyden: Balbriggan will be the first primary care centre in Ireland to be opened.

Seanad: Primary Care Centres: Motion (10 Oct 2012)

Terry Leyden: When I went into the Department of Health and Children I got the file on Roscommon County Hospital and was shocked when I read the proposal at that time, which I had to ensure would be reversed. I know a good deal about local politics and about ensuring that one's constituency is looked after in a proper manner. All I can say to the Minister in that regard is, "So be it". I make no...

Seanad: Primary Care Centres: Motion (10 Oct 2012)

Terry Leyden: I will tell the House about stroke politics. When the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Brendan Howlin, put ¤20 million into Wexford General Hospital for a new accident and emergency unit, the Government of which he is a member closed the accident and emergency unit in Roscommon hospital.

Seanad: Primary Care Centres: Motion (10 Oct 2012)

Terry Leyden: I also welcome him and congratulate him.

Seanad: Primary Care Centres: Motion (10 Oct 2012)

Terry Leyden: Well done to the Minister of State and I congratulate him. I welcome him back to the House.

Seanad: Primary Care Centres: Motion (10 Oct 2012)

Terry Leyden: One cannot get plastic surgery in Roscommon if one were dying.

Seanad: Primary Care Centres: Motion (10 Oct 2012)

Terry Leyden: The Senator should worry about Ennis hospital and not Roscommon hospital.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2012)

Terry Leyden: I second the amendment proposed by Deputy Thomas Byrne to the Order of Business. I agree with Senator Aideen Hayden on the taxi industry. Every Tuesday morning as I drive past Heuston station there are 40 or 50 taxis parked there with little or no movement. It must be soul-destroying for those who have to work in that environment. The Luas and the bus are available to take passengers to...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2012)

Terry Leyden: Taxi drivers are influential.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2012)

Terry Leyden: One gets a great insight into the happenings of Leinster House when one listens to a taximan. It is worthwhile paying the fare just to find out what is going on.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2012)

Terry Leyden: I will.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2012)

Terry Leyden: I ask the Acting Leader of the House - I am sure it would assist Senator Kelly also - when Committee Stage of the Wind Turbines Bill 2012 be taken? The Labour Party has asserted its power in the House. Obviously, it is a powerful group and has made major changes.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2012)

Terry Leyden: Unfortunately, we have lost an officeholder from the west. That is most regrettable because we need every job in the west.