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Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2015)

Terry Brennan: I heard on the news yesterday that the Web Summit is returning to Dublin this year from 3 to 5 November and approximately 32,000 people are expected to take part. In conjunction with the Web Summit last year, the Surf Summit was held in Sligo and it had approximately 200 participants. This year it is anticipated that up to 800 participants will take part in the Surf Summit on the Wild...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electoral Commission in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2015)

Terry Brennan: I thank the witnesses for their presentations, particularly the members of the Association of Irish Local Government for their very comprehensive presentation on the role of local authorities. Ten years ago I was in a football dressing room. I was not playing, but a man who was boasted that he and his wife had spent the entire day in Northern Ireland and that he had voted 11 times. I took...

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2015)

Terry Brennan: Ar dtús, cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. This is my first task as the social protection spokesperson for the Government in the Seanad. I am replacing Senator Naughton. I acknowledge the part she has played, together with my distinguished colleagues in the Seanad. There are too many of them to mention individually. I have attended meetings on the matter but this is my first time to...

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2015)

Terry Brennan: I appreciate that, but many Members have given what I consider to be a Second Stage speech. I will sum up by saying-----

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2015)

Terry Brennan: Everybody else should have been told the same thing.

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2015)

Terry Brennan: Gabh mo leithscéal. I am breaking the law; nobody else did. The fundamental concept underlying the legislation is relatively simple. The preferred gender of a person who has been issued with a gender recognition certificate by the Department of Social Protection will be formally and legally recognised for all purposes, including dealings with the State, public bodies and civil and...

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2015)

Terry Brennan: The Minister of State said that the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy James Reilly, did not bring forward any amendments-----

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2015)

Terry Brennan: -----to the Cabinet table. I saw a copy of a letter he wrote, and I do not know whether it was after the time in question, to add GPs to the list of medical professionals under section 12(a) for those in the 16 to 17 age group. Another issue is the promised review of the legislation, which will specifically consider the needs of persons aged under 16. The Minister did not bring amendments...

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2015)

Terry Brennan: That is what the Minister of State is saying.

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2015)

Terry Brennan: I want to confirm if there is a date for the promised review. Will it be in six, nine or 12 months time or will it be within a definite period? The Minister may have said in her statement that it would be in ten to 12 months.

Seanad: One-Parent Family Payment: Motion (15 Jul 2015)

Terry Brennan: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "Seanad Éireann:" and substitute the following: "recognises that: - the One-Parent Family Payment scheme as previously constituted has not worked effectively to lift lone parent families out of poverty: instead it operated in some cases as a welfare dependency trap, often until the youngest child of the lone parent was 18 or 22; -...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2015)

Terry Brennan: I wish to be associated with the good wishes sent to the Irish Special Olympics team as they go to Los Angeles for the Special Olympic Games next week. This is an historic day for Irish sport. Paul Dunne was a complete all-rounder, a footballer, golfer, hurler and swimmer and it is an historic day for Irish amateur golf. For an amateur aged 22 to be joint leader of one of the four major...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2015)

Terry Brennan: I did.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2015)

Terry Brennan: He is following the greatest ever amateur golfer who is synonymous with the famous person who designed the Augusta National Golf Club course. I wish him well today. I have never met him but watching him on television I can see he is a very fine young man and a person for all young sportsmen to emulate. I played at Greystones golf club eight or ten years ago. It is in a beautiful location...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2015)

Terry Brennan: He will follow in the footsteps of Harrington, McGinley, Clarke, McDowell and so on. He is another fine ambassador for sport in Ireland.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jul 2015)

Terry Brennan: I condemn the unprovoked attack in our capital city this week on a visiting English family. The man was attacked simply because he was smiling. We try to make our visitors smile, but he was attacked on O'Connell Street. Can one imagine the mentality of the people who would do that? My family suffered an attack on the same street over 20 years ago by half a dozen thugs who, thankfully,...

Seanad: Children First Bill 2014: Second Stage (21 Jul 2015)

Terry Brennan: It beggars belief when one thinks of abuse in one's own home from parents or other family members, or from trusted or well-known people. We are told the figure is in excess of 90%. It endorses what I said before. This is indeed a major issue which we must all try to address. It is a significant challenge to each of us. The Rape Crisis Network Ireland report shows that a child under 13 is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Inland Fisheries Ireland: Chairperson Designate (23 Sep 2015)

Terry Brennan: I wish Mr. Gorman well in his new role. On my colleague's last point, it is said to think that in 2015 we still have 42 towns in which effluent is being discharged into harbours, the sea and rivers. Forty years ago, when English and Scottish angling tourists came to my home town of Carlingford and stayed for one week to fish the lakes of counties Monaghan and Cavan, the benefit to the...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Sep 2015)

Terry Brennan: I, too, wish to acknowledge the contribution made by Senator Jimmy Harte in his short period in this House. He is a man of great conviction and, as one of our colleagues mentioned yesterday, he is fearless individual who has suffered greatly. His family also suffered greatly and his house was attacked during the Troubles, but it not deter him. I wish him continued good health and success...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Sep 2015)

Terry Brennan: Yesterday was national Tidy Towns day, with more than 850 communities taking part in what is now a major national competition. The overall winner was Letterkenny in County Donegal, and I happened to be there yesterday when the announcement was made. The town has participated in the competition for 57 years, culminating in yesterday's marvellous achievement, which arose from a consistent...