Results 7,081-7,100 of 9,753 for speaker:Terry Leyden
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Apr 2014)
Terry Leyden: We use whiskey to purify our water.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Apr 2014)
Terry Leyden: Is it whiskey in the water or water in the whiskey?
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Apr 2014)
Terry Leyden: With water charges.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Apr 2014)
Terry Leyden: I am just a little excited about it. I apologise.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Apr 2014)
Terry Leyden: The Government parties will not win a seat in Roscommon.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Apr 2014)
Terry Leyden: Who drew up the plans but the Secretary General of the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government?
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Apr 2014)
Terry Leyden: We cannot have independence if we are relying on civil servants.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Apr 2014)
Terry Leyden: I know all about it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Apr 2014)
Terry Leyden: They would say that.
- Seanad: Protection of Children's Health from Tobacco Smoke Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (17 Apr 2014)
Terry Leyden: I am not really a publican. I commend the Minister. It is not often he gets bouquets from Roscommon.
- Seanad: Protection of Children's Health from Tobacco Smoke Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (17 Apr 2014)
Terry Leyden: I commend the Minister for having the courage to take on a Private Members' Bill promoted by Senator John Crown, supported by his personal assistant, Mr. Shane Conneely, and Senators van Turnhout and Daly, who is my party colleague. It is a crowning success for Professor Crown to have introduced this with colleagues, and he has demonstrated that this is something very important. The...
- Seanad: Protection of Children's Health from Tobacco Smoke Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (17 Apr 2014)
Terry Leyden: The point concerns Private Members' Bills. The Minister is-----
- Seanad: Protection of Children's Health from Tobacco Smoke Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (17 Apr 2014)
Terry Leyden: -----big enough to accept this Bill and ensure it can become law. That is something he can have on his record when he leaves politics in 20 years or whenever his time is up. He can say that he brought forward this Bill and young children will not be exposed to cigarette smoke in cars. It is outrageous to think a child can be strapped into the back of a car with a mother, father or uncle...
- Seanad: An Update on Situation in Ukraine: Statements (17 Apr 2014)
Terry Leyden: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Paschal Donohoe. I thank the Leader of the House for allowing time for a discussion of this serious issue. I am encouraged by the talks in Geneva today and the press conference given by Vladimir Putin this morning on his intentions or desires in regard to Ukraine. There is a de-escalation of the situation to some extent because the two countries are...
- Seanad: An Update on Situation in Ukraine: Statements (17 Apr 2014)
Terry Leyden: The Acting Chairman was with her at that meeting and clapped her.
- Seanad: An Update on Situation in Ukraine: Statements (17 Apr 2014)
Terry Leyden: No. The Acting Chairman is certainly a member of the EPP and welcomed her to Dublin.
- Seanad: An Update on Situation in Ukraine: Statements (17 Apr 2014)
Terry Leyden: I will not say anymore about her, as she is not here. I will conclude on a positive note. The Minister of State has heard our differing views. We express them as Members of the House, not as the views of a particular party. We all have our individual views in this regard.
- Seanad: An Update on Situation in Ukraine: Statements (17 Apr 2014)
Terry Leyden: Is that right?
- Seanad: An Update on Situation in Ukraine: Statements (17 Apr 2014)
Terry Leyden: I hope the Minister of State has learned a good deal from those who have considerable experience, even more than he has.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2014)
Terry Leyden: I second the amendment to the Order of Business tabled by Senator Marc MacSharry. Senator John Kelly is so concerned about the medical card issue that he could support the amendment and have the Minister for Health, Deputy James Reilly, come to the House. It is quite outrageous that a German consultancy firm has been brought in to weed out the applicants and refuse medical cards. The system...