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Seanad: Children First Bill 2015: Committee Stage (23 Sep 2015)

Terry Leyden: I commend Senator Jillian van Turnhout on this very well-worded amendment. I welcome her mother to the Visitors Gallery. Senator van Turnhout has certainly proven the point that her mother was a good and caring woman who never actually used physical violence. To go back to the abolition of violence in schools and of teachers being allowed to slap, this is a memory for most people who...

Seanad: Children First Bill 2015: Committee Stage (23 Sep 2015)

Terry Leyden: Yes. The late Deputy John Boland was the Minister who abolished, through legislation, the physical mistreatment of children. On the eve of the 100th anniversary of the Rising, would it not be a lovely gesture? The Proclamation deals with the equal rights of children and treating all children equally. This is one way of doing it. There is no excuse. What one is doing is perpetrating...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Refugee and Migrant Crisis in the EU: Discussion (23 Sep 2015)

Terry Leyden: I thank the Chairman for arranging the meeting today as this is the issue of the day and will be for some time. I welcome Ms Barbara Nolan and Ms Eimear Ní Bhroin and I thank them for the excellent submission. We are all aware of the issues which arise from the turmoil in Syria, Iraq, Libya and elsewhere in the Middle East. This turmoil is the result of the decisions of the American...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Sep 2015)

Terry Leyden: The Opposition accepts the Order of Business for today and will work with the Government in that regard. With regard to the regrettable by-election caused by the resignation of Mr. Jimmy Harte, does Fine Gael intend to contest it or will it hand over to an Independent on this occasion? I am sure our friend will be delighted to contest-----

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Sep 2015)

Terry Leyden: -----or to the agreement that the Labour Party's candidate will be the sole Government candidate in this regard. I hope the person selected will be-----

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Sep 2015)

Terry Leyden: I am only giving advice that the candidate should be suitably qualified and not retrospectively qualified for the position, which concerns the industry and commerce portfolio. That is very important and I have tried-----

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Sep 2015)

Terry Leyden: I am trying to encourage the Government to be very conscious of the situation. Of course, the Fianna Fáil Party-----

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Sep 2015)

Terry Leyden: I am not, actually, I am filling very useful time. Fianna Fáil will be contesting this by-election. As would be normal, we will be putting forward a candidate.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Sep 2015)

Terry Leyden: We will be contesting it vigorously. It will be interesting to see the reaction of the Labour Party in this regard.I encourage the Government parties not to take the action they took the last time. Retrospective qualifications are not acceptable in this House. It was a frightening and sinister activity on the part of the Government. Will the Leader arrange for the appropriate Minister,...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Sep 2015)

Terry Leyden: We do not always have to depend on the public service, however. We - Ireland - can do it.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Sep 2015)

Terry Leyden: When is the programme being broadcast? I would like to know. Is it on RTE, TV3 or UTV?

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Sep 2015)

Terry Leyden: The Senator should bring some to Strasbourg next week.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Second Stage (6 Oct 2015)

Terry Leyden: On behalf of the House I thank the Minister for bringing this Bill to this House. Senators welcome the fact that as a former Leader of this House, the Minister appreciates that the contributions will be very worthwhile. I also welcome to the House the Minister’s senior officials from the Department of Justice and Equality.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Oct 2015)

Terry Leyden: I do not wish to be seen to collaborate with this Administration but I ask the Leader to make a request to the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Alan Kelly, and the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Joan Burton, to extend the deadline for claims for the water conservation grant of €100. The closing date for receipt of...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Oct 2015)

Terry Leyden: I thank the Leader.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2015)

Terry Leyden: Certainly it was a weekend of tragedy for families throughout the country, when the ten family members at Carrickmines, County Dublin, perished. They were Thomas and Sylvia Connors, their children Jim, Christy and baby Mary, and William Lynch and Tara Gilbert and their daughters Kelsey and Jodie, and William's brother, Jimmy Lynch.So many people from that family have died that it is...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Oct 2015)

Terry Leyden: I accept the Order of Business and note the Leader's comments regarding time. If Senators were given more time to discuss our Bill, we would have taken Report and Final Stages next week. I am sure the Leader chose not to accede to the request. As such, he is partly responsible for Committee and Remaining Stages being taken together. We have no choice in the matter.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Oct 2015)

Terry Leyden: We will remember that in future. Sometimes there is nothing more consistent than inconsistency. The Leader's recommendation that the House should not sit tomorrow as a mark of respect to Garda Tony Golden - whose State funeral will be held at noon tomorrow - is appropriate. Garda Golden sacrificed his life for his country and it is in order that this House and the Lower House should not...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Oct 2015)

Terry Leyden: Yes, I am being very serious. I ask the Leader if he will ask the Ministers for Social Protection, Health and Children and Youth Affairs to come before the House to explain exactly what budget 2016 will mean for their Departments. One of the clearest examples I can give is the weekly increase of €3 in the old age pension. That amount is a pittance and it would not allow a person buy...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Oct 2015)

Terry Leyden: The increase amounts to €156 per annum. Senators should bear in mind that €1,200 per annum has been taken from pensioners through the removal of free telephone allowance and other allowances. On child care, the expansion of the early childhood care and education scheme is not what it seems because the scheme only applies for three hours per day and 38 weeks of the year. This...