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- Seanad: Health Services: Statements (4 Nov 2014)
Terry Leyden: I wish to share time with Senator Healy Eames.
- Seanad: Health Services: Statements (4 Nov 2014)
Terry Leyden: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Varadkar, to the House. I served in Hawkins House some time ago and I recognise it is a very difficult task in the Department of Health and I do not intend to make the Minister's task any more difficult. I could have spent all of my time today talking about Roscommon County Hospital. I express thanks to Senator Crown. I welcome his genuine support for justice...
- Seanad: Health Services: Statements (4 Nov 2014)
Terry Leyden: We might give her two.
- Seanad: Health Services: Statements (4 Nov 2014)
Terry Leyden: How very convenient.
- Seanad: Health Services: Statements (4 Nov 2014)
Terry Leyden: Hear, hear. The Minister is not wrong there. Good for him.
- Seanad: Health Services: Statements (4 Nov 2014)
Terry Leyden: The Senator, Professor Crown, and I mentioned the Dr. McHugh situation. In fairness, we asked the Minister to look at the situation.
- Seanad: Health Services: Statements (4 Nov 2014)
Terry Leyden: No, I am talking about Dr. McHugh.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2014)
Terry Leyden: As far as a referendum is concerned, and it is a matter to be considered later, those drafting it had better be aware that Veolia, which has major investments in water in this country, has already privatised part of the water system. In 2010 it was awarded a 20-year contract to design, build and operate Greystones wastewater treatment facility. Its largest municipal contract in Ireland is...
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2014)
Terry Leyden: Be very well aware that contracts have been entered into with a private multinational company, Veolia, which now operates throughout the length and breadth of Ireland in treatment plants for water and sewerage. Let us get real about this. Privatisation has already taken place. I have no problem with referendums, but if one is drafted be very conscious of the fact there will be a...
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2014)
Terry Leyden: I am informing the House of the realities of life with regard to a constitutional referendum. I support my colleague, Senator O'Brien, on a referendum, but there are private schemes in Glinsk and Oran in my area and in a sense they are in community ownership. Would these water schemes have to be taken back into public ownership or would they be excluded from operating these schemes? Bear...
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2014)
Terry Leyden: Of course we will examine it, but I am alerting my colleagues to the fact that whatever constitutional amendment is drafted it will have to exclude those companies operating at present which have privatised supplies in various parts of the countryside, including Roscommon. I am aware of this information and I would not by carrying out my responsibilities if I did not bring them to the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2014)
Terry Leyden: I agree with Senator Bacik, in that an invitation should be sent to the group to attend the Houses during next year's web summit. I am not referring to all of the 20,000 people. I met the group last night. The city was humming. Business has been created. I wish to pay tribute to Mr. Paddy Cosgrave who initiated the summit.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2014)
Terry Leyden: The Government and President should commend him on his contribution. I met one of the exhibitors from Roscommon. She was networking in the city last night, in which regard we assisted her. Seeing that number of people displaying such good behaviour and with such spending power was a most exhilarating experience. Senator Brennan voiced his difficulty with hotels, which was fair enough, but...
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2014)
Terry Leyden: It is very relevant. The ongoing inquiry is a waste of funds, given how much information is becoming public. I was with Mr. Brian Lenihan when Professor Honohan rang from Frankfurt demanding that a Cabinet meeting be called. Brian Lenihan was not the Taoiseach and could not do so. He returned to our table at that point. I know exactly how the event happened. Brian Lenihan was making a...
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2014)
Terry Leyden: No, the call from Patrick Honohan.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2014)
Terry Leyden: I am ready, willing and able.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Nov 2014)
Terry Leyden: I can see from where Senator Conway got his great grasp of politics, namely, the master himself. Well done to Professor Brian Farrell on the production of his intelligent student here in the House. I share the sympathy expressed to the family of Brian Farrell. I knew him very well. He married into the Dillon family from Ballaghaderreen. I, too, met him at the conference in Ennistymon....
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2014)
Terry Leyden: Hear, hear. That is disgraceful.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2014)
Terry Leyden: No surrender.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2014)
Terry Leyden: Hear, hear.