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Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2012)

Terry Leyden: I am making a point. They gave the Minister an imprimatur to ensure their seats would be held in urban areas.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2012)

Terry Leyden: For example, Dublin City Council will see an increase in the number of seats from 52 to 60, while in Fingal County Council the number will increase from 24 to 30. In all of the eastern region there will be extra representation, whereas in the western region there will be less.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2012)

Terry Leyden: Let there be no doubt that the Labour Party is the little tail wagging the big Fine Gael dog.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2012)

Terry Leyden: It is called the Labour Party's uncertainty about the future and its control of local government.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2012)

Terry Leyden: I am sorry, but Senator Ivana Bacik interrupted me.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2012)

Terry Leyden: She put me off.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2012)

Terry Leyden: We should have a debate on the issue.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2012)

Terry Leyden: I second the proposal made by Senator Darragh O'Brien for a debate on Thursday with the Minister. Senator Pat O'Neill has said he will come, for which I thank him.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2012)

Terry Leyden: Nothing concentrates the mind more than seats in Seanad Éireann.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2012)

Terry Leyden: The Senator must have read the Fine Gael report, not the Labour Party one.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2012)

Terry Leyden: The Senator is safe.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2012)

Terry Leyden: It was Thursday that was mentioned.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2012)

Terry Leyden: I remind Senator Norris that I introduced a Bill in the previous Seanad.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2012)

Terry Leyden: I thank the Senator for his generosity. I ask the Leader to arrange a discussion of the report by the Inspector of Prisons and Places of Detention, Judge Michael Reilly, on St. Patrick's Institution. The report was delayed for three months before being released on the night of a soccer match alongside reports on other prisons. It was a significant report but it was unfair to those prison...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2012)

Terry Leyden: James Tully is alive and well.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2012)

Terry Leyden: The Tully gerrymander. We heard it before.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2012)

Terry Leyden: One never forgets.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2012)

Terry Leyden: Hear, hear. Well done, Mary.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Local Authority Offices (17 Oct 2012)

Terry Leyden: I thank the Cathaoirleach for allowing me raise this motion, thank his staff for processing it and the Department for preparing a response. I thank the Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly, for coming to the House to respond on behalf of the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government on the need for that Minister to confirm the approval of a loan to Roscommon County Council...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Local Authority Offices (17 Oct 2012)

Terry Leyden: I thank the Minister for his comprehensive response. When I was chairman of the former Western Health Board, I promoted the development of new offices for the health board in Roscommon at a cost of approximately ¤5 million. We have since spent ¤3 million on the rental of inadequate facilities in Roscommon. That this was allowed to happen is an indication of the manner in which the health...