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Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council: Minister of State at Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (4 Oct 2016)

Terry Leyden: I welcome the Minister of State and thank him for his words of congratulation. I welcome his officials and the ambassadorial representatives. Embassies are of course interested in this matter. It is the most significant issue facing Europe. It is regrettable that we have reached this stage, given that the UK will undoubtedly be a loss to Europe and to us. I say that as a former trade...

Seanad: UK Referendum on EU Membership: Statements (5 Oct 2016)

Terry Leyden: I welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Flanagan, to the House. I welcome the comprehensive and well-thought out statement he has made. This follows a meeting of the Joint Committee on European Affairs yesterday with the Minister of State, Deputy Dara Murphy, in which he outlined other information regarding the future. The Minister makes a very strong case for not...

Seanad: UK Referendum on EU Membership: Statements (5 Oct 2016)

Terry Leyden: I felt that there was a case to be made for having one Minister in the Cabinet dealing with the Brexit issue. However, the Minister is making a very good case. It is a debatable issue. I am very confident in his approach to this issue after his statement here today. It was extremely comprehensive. In the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Minister has a tremendous amount of...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Oct 2016)

Terry Leyden: I would like to mark the occasion today of the 125th anniversary of the death of Charles Stewart Parnell-----

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Oct 2016)

Terry Leyden: -----one of the greatest Irishmen of all time. He served as leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party. He was the "Uncrowned King of Ireland". He played a significant role in land reform and Home Rule. His death occurred 25 years before the Rising.If he had lived and succeeded, without the scandal involving Kitty O'Shea - am I allowed to mention Kitty O'Shea?

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Oct 2016)

Terry Leyden: I am terribly sorry that, 125 years later, she is still not allowed to be mentioned in the House.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Oct 2016)

Terry Leyden: I compliment T. Ryle Dwyer on his excellent article in the Irish Examinerwhich states that Parnell felt the brunt of the church over his personal life. He was badly treated by the church and it should offer an apology to him for its treatment of him. He was undoubtedly one of the most gifted parliamentarians this country has produced. He had 80 members in his Irish Parliamentary Party and...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Oct 2016)

Terry Leyden: It is significant to mention this.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Oct 2016)

Terry Leyden: His last speech was made in Creggs, County Galway, where a monument was erected by the people of the area and opened by Eamon de Valera in the 1940s.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospital Charges (19 Oct 2016)

Terry Leyden: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Helen McEntee, for attending. Roscommon has drawn three of the Commencement matters today, which shows how active are Roscommon Senators. There is also one from Mayo. I ask the Minister for Health, Deputy Simon Harris, to resolve the outrageous circumstance in which a two-year old child is being pursued for €100 by Intrum Justitia for attending...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospital Charges (19 Oct 2016)

Terry Leyden: I thank the Minister of State for her reply. It is a pity that the Department did not inform me before now that the matter was resolved.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospital Charges (19 Oct 2016)

Terry Leyden: I have a letter here, dated 12 October, which states the very opposite. That letter says that the child was liable for the charge because the child's family has a GP visit card, not a full medical card. This issue has been going on for weeks and weeks. I thank the Minister of State for being here this morning but she could have been saved the trouble of appearing before the House if...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Oct 2016)

Terry Leyden: I compliment Senator Butler on his initiative in that regard because it is important that the Seanad's voice is heard at home and abroad. The position of the Seanad is very important. Two weeks ago I raised an issue with the Leader of the House, tabled a Commencement matter and it has been resolved. Sometimes people do not realise the effectiveness of the Seanad. In fact, I have been a...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Oct 2016)

Terry Leyden: I know but what I have said is music to the Cathaoirleach's ears as well, if he does not mind me saying so. I have praised the House that the Cathaoirleach presides over.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Oct 2016)

Terry Leyden: We must carry on our work. If anyone in the media wants a Senator with the opposite view then I say to all of the Senators, whether it is Senator McDowell or any other Senator, or even Dr. Maurice Manning or former Senator Joe O'Toole with their reports, as far as I am concerned we should work with what we have, make it effective, more effective and a voice for the people of this country.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Oct 2016)

Terry Leyden: We have found a home and it is lovely.

Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Second Stage (19 Oct 2016)

Terry Leyden: I will share three minutes with Senator Murnane O'Connor and I will take five minutes. I welcome the Minister of State with responsibility for disability issues, Deputy Finian McGrath, to the Chamber. He has served his time having worked with those with disabilities and who are marginalised in his community and throughout the country. It was tremendous when he was appointed given he also...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Sector: European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development (20 Oct 2016)

Terry Leyden: I thank the Chairman for allowing me attend the committee. I welcome Commissioner Phil Hogan to the meeting and congratulate him on getting the most significant commissionership, as far as Ireland is concerned.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Sector: European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development (20 Oct 2016)

Terry Leyden: I thank the Commissioner for that, he has put me off my script.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Sector: European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development (20 Oct 2016)

Terry Leyden: I welcome also Mr. Dermot Ryan and his colleagues. As Vice Chairman of the Joint Committee on European Affairs, I have questions relating to Brexit that I will pose at the meeting following this one. There are 3,000 farmers currently awaiting payments thanks to the eye in the sky. There is no question that the Commission's surveillance, through the Department of Agriculture, Food and the...