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Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (12 Apr 2017)

Terry Leyden: At that stage, I felt that one day off was quite relaxing but things move on. I welcome Mr. Padraig Cribben from the VFI and the other organisations that represent publicans. It is not realistic in this day and age and we have to look at the whole business of tourism in towns and cities. People are coming here from abroad and are not aware that on this day one cannot purchase a drink in a...

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (12 Apr 2017)

Terry Leyden: Furthermore, I ask the Minister of State to confirm-----

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (12 Apr 2017)

Terry Leyden: Senator Frank Feighan was involved in the licensed trade at one stage. He had a beautiful bar in Boyle with a very successful trade at the time. Has the Tánaiste announced publicly that she will include the removal of the ban in an intoxicating liquor Bill to be introduced shortly? Will this be the last year people will not have the democratic right to go into a public house to have a...

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (12 Apr 2017)

Terry Leyden: I am delighted that Senator David Norris has set the record straight and acknowledged the fact that we are so tolerant. Senator Terry Leyden: I am glad Senator set the record and acknowledged the fact that we were so tolerant about the situation.

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (12 Apr 2017)

Terry Leyden: I think Lent finishes on the night of Good Friday and that Saturday marks the start-----

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (12 Apr 2017)

Terry Leyden: He is very committed to the Anglican Church which I think is committed to these issues also. On a serious note, this is an important Bill which I hope will be adopted. Respectfully, there are so many Private Members' Bills going through the House. There are approximately 25 or 26 and it is not just happening in this House but also in the other House. Whether the Government lasts a long or...

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (12 Apr 2017)

Terry Leyden: No, I stand firmly against that.

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (12 Apr 2017)

Terry Leyden: Even if Senator Mulherin brings in that Bill, I will not support it.

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (12 Apr 2017)

Terry Leyden: Not at all actually. That is not true.

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (12 Apr 2017)

Terry Leyden: He made a good living out of it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Union Issues: Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach (12 Apr 2017)

Terry Leyden: I welcome the Minister of State, his officials and the diplomatic corps for attending. He is responsible for European affairs, data protection and the EU single data market. I thank him for attending these briefings on a regular basis. He is a direct conduit for this committee and is our line Minister as he keeps members fully briefed on current events. Is it true that Spain has a veto on...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Wind Energy Guidelines (13 Apr 2017)

Terry Leyden: I thank the Cathaoirleach for selecting this matter for the Commencement debate and I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Catherine Byrne. I am calling on the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, Deputy Coveney, to introduce new wind energy development guidelines in respect of noise, proximity and shadow flicker as a matter of urgency. It is more than three...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Wind Energy Guidelines (13 Apr 2017)

Terry Leyden: Thank you.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Wind Energy Guidelines (13 Apr 2017)

Terry Leyden: It is encouraging that the Minister is moving in this particular regard. There have been numerous public consultations on this matter. Ireland has fully complied with European Union law in this regard and the Belgian case should not be used to delay or prevent the implementation of new guidelines. I welcome the fact that new guidelines will be announced shortly and that they will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Business of Joint Committee (10 May 2017)

Terry Leyden: The Chairman, Deputy Michael Healy-Rae, is involved in Priority Questions in the Dáil but he hopes to be here very shortly. I have a group from Roscommon coming in so Deputy Bernard Durkan might take the Chair if I have to leave and the Chairman has not returned. Is that agreed? Agreed. I remind members to ensure that mobile phones are switched off. This is important as it causes...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Semester - National Reform Programme: Discussion (10 May 2017)

Terry Leyden: The purpose of the meeting is an engagement on the European Semester with Professor Alan Barrett and Dr. Edgar Morgenroth of the ESRI. On behalf of the committee I welcome Professor Barrett and Dr. Morgenroth. Both witnesses have already appeared before the committee and we would appreciate their analysis and independent counsel on economic developments for Ireland within the European...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Semester - National Reform Programme: Discussion (10 May 2017)

Terry Leyden: Does Dr. Morgenroth wish to speak?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Semester - National Reform Programme: Discussion (10 May 2017)

Terry Leyden: I will call two members at a time, starting with Deputy Durkan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Semester - National Reform Programme: Discussion (10 May 2017)

Terry Leyden: Although the water issue was not on the agenda, I would like to ask the witnesses if the property tax would not have been a better vehicle for including a portion of it, percentage-wise, as a charge? People would then see some return. People are paying property tax at the moment. Would that have been more acceptable, in a sense?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Semester - National Reform Programme: Discussion (10 May 2017)

Terry Leyden: I was just to saying to Professor Barrett that there is a difference between water charges and electricity charges. We were not paying for electricity before it came in because we did not have it. We never got free electricity. There is a big difference when we are charged for water, which has been coming into our houses and which we have been paying for through our taxes.