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Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Garda Vetting (24 Oct 2012)

Terry Leyden: I call Senator James Gilroy.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Garda Vetting (24 Oct 2012)

Terry Leyden: My apologies, Senator.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Garda Vetting (24 Oct 2012)

Terry Leyden: Only Senator MacSharry has a right to respond.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Garda Vetting (24 Oct 2012)

Terry Leyden: Amendments Nos. 4 and 5 are related and may be discussed together, by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Garda Vetting (24 Oct 2012)

Terry Leyden: Senator MacSharry, without interruption.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Oct 2012)

Terry Leyden: I second the amendment to the Order of Business proposed by the Leader of the Opposition, Senator Darragh O'Brien. I commend Senator Terry Brennan for the great tidings and news of great joy about his area.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Oct 2012)

Terry Leyden: I also wish to announce good news. Last Monday, at the Roscommon civic offices, the council voted 21 votes to 5 in favour of building much needed offices in Roscommon town. It will generate employment and provide facilities. Next week all parties will have the opportunity to canvass for the children's rights referendum and to draw the attention of the public to the need for it to be...

Seanad: Ireland's Presidency of the Council of the European Union: Statements (25 Oct 2012)

Terry Leyden: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Creighton, to the House. I express our appreciation for the respect she has shown the House. She is prepared to come here to brief this House, which has enormous experience. Putting it in context, in the coming nine months the Minister of State will have responsibility for European affairs during Ireland's Presidency and it will be 15 years before...

Seanad: Ireland's Presidency of the Council of the European Union: Statements (25 Oct 2012)

Terry Leyden: Before I conclude, I wish to mention the role of the Seanad. As a former Member of the Dáil, the Minister of State was part of the committee, as was I, which brought forward-----

Seanad: Ireland's Presidency of the Council of the European Union: Statements (25 Oct 2012)

Terry Leyden: I apologise. The Minister of State was a former member of the committee.

Seanad: Ireland's Presidency of the Council of the European Union: Statements (25 Oct 2012)

Terry Leyden: Mea culpa. I have no doubt the Minister of State will be returned again and again. The Minister of State was part of a committee on the enhanced role for national parliaments under the Lisbon treaty. The Leader of the House will bring forward a proposal that the Seanad would scrutinise European legislation from early January 2013, for which I commend him. I commend the Minister of State...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Nov 2012)

Terry Leyden: Senator Healy Eames should speak with her boss.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Nov 2012)

Terry Leyden: Yes, we can.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Nov 2012)

Terry Leyden: Rightly so.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Nov 2012)

Terry Leyden: This is a particularly happy day for the American people. I wish President Obama and his lovely wife, Michelle, well. It was a great achievement to become the 44th President of the United States of America. He received tremendous support from the Irish Diaspora and family members in America supported him warmly because he was an excellent President. This morning he made an inspirational...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Nov 2012)

Terry Leyden: If the Government has its way, this will be our last opportunity to welcome the election of an American President. We are on death row. It is significant, therefore, that the Seanad is able to congratulate President Obama. I acknowledge that the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade will press the issue of the undocumented Irish. The Taoiseach who will be President of...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Nov 2012)

Terry Leyden: To support The Gathering next year we should work with Henry Healy to extend a further céad míle fáilte to President Obama and ask him to return to his roots in Ireland in order that we can have a real gathering in Moneygall.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Nov 2012)

Terry Leyden: Wishful thinking.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Nov 2012)

Terry Leyden: It is.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Nov 2012)

Terry Leyden: It is a matter for the Garda.