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Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2016)

Terry Leyden: This is not the last sitting of Seanad Éireann. The Seanad will sit until 26 April. The new Government that will come in on 10 March might require urgent legislation which we will be required to address. This is a pre-emptive strike as far as this Seanad is concerned. The Seanad is alive and well and functioning. Because I might not get an opportunity to say it when we return I wish...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2016)

Terry Leyden: I certainly will not resist anyone that wishes to vote No. 1 on the labour panel. I must seek the nomination of the Irish Conference of Professional and Service Associations, ICPSA. It is a matter for the association to decide on its nominees so I will not pre-empt or prejudice its decision at this stage. Nobody is a candidate until he or she is nominated. I wish you well, a Chathaoirligh.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2016)

Terry Leyden: I am. By the way, I am seeking the nomination at this stage. On another note, today I was in the Dáil Chamber for the dissolution of the Dáil. The Taoiseach rightly came to the House and put the dissolution before the House. He did not sneak up to the Áras and present his request to the President to dissolve the Dáil. He went into the Dáil and he informed the...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2016)

Terry Leyden: I commend you, the Leader of the House, the Deputy Leader and the Leader of the Opposition and everybody else. This is an excellent Seanad and will continue to be such until the new Seanad takes office. The Garda lost its appeal in relation to sick time and sick pay in the Court of Appeal yesterday. The Garda is in a position quite separate to public servants. Gardaí are the only...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2016)

Terry Leyden: Out of courtesy, the Senator should wait until the general election is over.

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (8 Jun 2016)

Terry Leyden: I congratulate Senator O'Donovan on his decisive election as Cathaoirleach of the Twenty-fifth Seanad. It is an enormous honour that he is serving in this important position in this commemorative year. I also pay tribute to Senator Paddy Burke, an excellent Cathaoirleach, as well as those former Cathaoirligh in the Gallery. The Cathaoirleach has experience and knowledge from his former...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (15 Jun 2016)

Terry Leyden: About two weeks ago, I suggested a topic for today's Commencement Matters. There is no mention of it there. It was confirmed in writing by the Seanad Office that it would be listed for today.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (15 Jun 2016)

Terry Leyden: I hope this is not the way this Seanad will operate. I am disgusted. It is a very important issue regarding Roscommon County Hospital and a rehabilitation unit that was promised by the former Minister for Health, Senator Reilly. It has, again, been reneged on and preparation has not been made to debate it today.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (15 Jun 2016)

Terry Leyden: Senator Feighan got his reward for closing the accident and emergency department at Roscommon County Hospital.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (15 Jun 2016)

Terry Leyden: I want it to be listed for tomorrow morning.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jun 2016)

Terry Leyden: I join others in expressing my sympathies to the people of Orlando and the families and friends of those murdered and slaughtered there and ask the Leader to convey to the American ambassador the deepest sympathy of the House in respect of what has happened and all that can be done to prevent a recurrence. This Thursday week, we face a major challenge in respect of the referendum in Britain,...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jun 2016)

Terry Leyden: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Road Network (16 Jun 2016)

Terry Leyden: Not all of them.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Road Network (16 Jun 2016)

Terry Leyden: That is mutual.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospital Services (16 Jun 2016)

Terry Leyden: I wish to clear up a misunderstanding that occurred yesterday morning. I felt that this matter would have been taken yesterday but I received texts, which I had not read at that stage, to the effect that it would be taken today. When it was not read out yesterday, I got the impression that it would not be included. I apologise to the Clerk if there was any misunderstanding. It was not...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospital Services (16 Jun 2016)

Terry Leyden: We did sort it out. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy McEntee, and congratulate her on her appointment. That said, I was expecting the Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, to be here. I know the Cathaoirleach and the Leader cannot dictate this, but I would like assurances that when a matter goes to the Minster with responsibility for the overall situation, he should be here unless...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospital Services (16 Jun 2016)

Terry Leyden: I thank the Minister of State for her reply and thank her for her interest in Roscommon, where she will always be welcome. I ask her to take a personal interest in this particular issue and should she do so, I would have confidence that the project will commence in 2017.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2016)

Terry Leyden: I ask the Leader of the House, Senator Jerry Buttimer, to invite the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to attend the House to discuss the soaring costs of car insurance. There is a need for a review of the workings of the Injuries Board that was established in 2004. It is a State organisation that initially contributed to the reduction in premiums and the maintenance of cost of...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: UN Conventions Ratification (22 Jun 2016)

Terry Leyden: Well done.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Primary Care Centres (22 Jun 2016)

Terry Leyden: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Canney, and congratulate him on his appointment. In his first term as a Member of Dáil Éireann he is a Minister of State as well, which is a fair achievement, following his fellow Tuam man, the Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath, who has just gone out the door. Tuam is certainly on the map at the moment. There has been speculation...