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- Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2013)
Terry Leyden: I am glad the Cathaoirleach has corrected the Fine Gael Whip and put him in his place for a change.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2013)
Terry Leyden: I agree completely with Senator Byrne, and I am entitled to say that because I am spokesman on European affairs and it is Europe week, a very significant week in the Oireachtas. I compliment the officers of the House on putting up the flags in the entrance hall. They are very impressive and I hope they remain there for the rest of the Presidency. It would be a useful opportunity for...
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2013)
Terry Leyden: Indeed, and rightly so, because I was one of the few people there 26 years ago when it was opened, and I was one of the very few people there who supported this project with the late, great Charles J. Haughey. Without those two great men, that airport would not be there today.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2013)
Terry Leyden: I am glad to see the conversion of the Fine Gael Party members who were there. I compliment the Taoiseach for not speaking on the occasion. It was a worthy decision in the circumstances.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2013)
Terry Leyden: My question to the Leader is a very reasonable one. Given the vital role Knock airport is playing in the development of the west, it would be worthwhile to arrange a discussion with the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport on plans and proposals for the future of the airport.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2013)
Terry Leyden: No, the issue is too big for that. I am delighted the Archbishop of Tuam made a strong case to the Taoiseach for the development of the airport and left other issues for another day.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2013)
Terry Leyden: This is an interesting issue about which I would like to say more. Senator Mullen made an important, honest and truthful point. The media are being misled by the Minister for the Environment, Communications and Local Government, Deputy Hogan.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2013)
Terry Leyden: After all, did he not appoint the Senator.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2013)
Terry Leyden: Not at all. Of course not.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2013)
Terry Leyden: It was effective, though.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2013)
Terry Leyden: A very good choice, and a good-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2013)
Terry Leyden: I was commending Senator O'Donnell's brilliant delivery.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2013)
Terry Leyden: Absolutely.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2013)
Terry Leyden: Including Waterford.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2013)
Terry Leyden: I am not a bit interested in the Waterford one. I am only interested in Knock. Let the Leader worry about Waterford and I will worry about Knock.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2013)
Terry Leyden: I thank the Leader. Who has more time to be there than me?
- Seanad: EU Scrutiny Work Programme 2013: Motion (7 May 2013)
Terry Leyden: I commend the Leader for allowing a short debate on this motion, which we support. There was no question of us not supporting this good motion that Seanad Éireann adopts the EU scrutiny work programme 2013, joint committees' priorities, which was laid before Seanad Éireann on 2 May 2013 by the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs, of which I am a member. I commend the work on...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Business of Joint Committee (7 May 2013)
Terry Leyden: We are unanimous in the decision.
- Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn (8 May 2013)
Terry Leyden: Cuirim fáilte roimh Ms Máire Geoghegan-Quinn. I welcome her team as well. She has an effective team Europe, so to speak. We in Ireland are proud of the work Ms Geoghegan-Quinn is doing as Commissioner. She is extraordinarily well-equipped. In being appointed Commissioner from Ireland, she was the right person at the right time in the right era. Of course, she has a role for all...
- Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn (8 May 2013)
Terry Leyden: Exactly. Well put by Senator O'Sullivan. The Leader of the House has been innovative in bringing distinguished visitors here, and none more distinguished than Ms Geoghegan-Quinn. She was the first woman Cabinet Minister in the history of the State. It is difficult to believe that a woman as young as herself was the first. In that sense, it was a new mould. We have come from Arbour Hill...