Results 8,521-8,540 of 9,753 for speaker:Terry Leyden
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2017)
Terry Leyden: We should sing it now.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2017)
Terry Leyden: We built rural Ireland. You must be joking.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2017)
Terry Leyden: Sometimes one would wonder about the leadership of the Chief Whip.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2017)
Terry Leyden: He brought in CAB.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2017)
Terry Leyden: Let us be fair about it. I know where the bodies are buried.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2017)
Terry Leyden: When one is in a museum one should keep moving and not stay standing.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement on the Future of Europe: National Youth Council and IBEC (20 Sep 2017)
Terry Leyden: I welcome the Chairman back from his summer break. I am sure he was very busy down in his constituency all during the summer. I welcome back our staff as well. I welcome the National Youth Council of Ireland and I am delighted it is taking an interest in the White Paper on the Future of Europe because there seems to be little interest in it at present because of Brexit. In fact, people...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement on the Future of Europe: National Youth Council and IBEC (20 Sep 2017)
Terry Leyden: I welcome Dr. Ivory and Ms O'Donovan. IBEC will play a very important role. I read with great interest its report on the priorities of Irish business in the EU-UK negotiations. It is a comprehensive document and is worth reading for anyone in business. IBEC represents about 70% of the Irish private sector workforce and has a staff of over 200 in seven locations around Ireland and in...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement on the Future of Europe: National Youth Council and IBEC (20 Sep 2017)
Terry Leyden: I am primarily a member of this committee.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement on the Future of Europe: National Youth Council and IBEC (20 Sep 2017)
Terry Leyden: We are a very democratic party. I can tell the Senator that much. We are not controlled by a central body.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Special Meeting of the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs meeting with the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence and the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement
Engagement with Mr. Guy Verhofstadt MEP, European Parliament Brexit Co-ordinator (21 Sep 2017) Terry Leyden: A Cheann Comhairle, a Chathaoirligh, Minister, Ministers of State, MPs, MLAs and MEPs, it is nice to be back in the Chamber after 25 years or so. Things have changed quite dramatically in the meantime. Céad míle fáilte to Mr. Verhofstadt, the European Parliament's Brexit co-ordinator. I was impressed by his visit to Belfast and the Border areas, including Monaghan, to see...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Special Meeting of the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs meeting with the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence and the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement
Engagement with Mr. Guy Verhofstadt MEP, European Parliament Brexit Co-ordinator (21 Sep 2017) Terry Leyden: A Cheann Comhairle, a Chathaoirligh, Minister, Ministers of State, MPs, MLAs and MEPs, it is nice to be back in the Chamber after 25 years or so. Things have changed quite dramatically in the meantime. Céad míle fáilte to Mr. Verhofstadt, the European Parliament's Brexit co-ordinator. I was impressed by his visit to Belfast and the Border areas, including Monaghan, to see...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Special Meeting of the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs meeting with the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence and the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement
Engagement with Mr. Guy Verhofstadt MEP, European Parliament Brexit Co-ordinator (21 Sep 2017) Terry Leyden: A Cheann Comhairle, a Chathaoirligh, Minister, Ministers of State, MPs, MLAs and MEPs, it is nice to be back in the Chamber after 25 years or so. Things have changed quite dramatically in the meantime. Céad míle fáilte to Mr. Verhofstadt, the European Parliament's Brexit co-ordinator. I was impressed by his visit to Belfast and the Border areas, including Monaghan, to see...
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2017)
Terry Leyden: I offer my congratulations to the Cathaoirleach on his presiding over the new Seanad. It is nice that Senator Norris, the longest-serving Member of the Seanad, is here. I will not go into the details but I congratulate all involved, including the Clerk of the Seanad, the Clerk-Assistant of the Seanad and, in particular, the Office of Public Works. It deserves great credit for the quality...
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2017)
Terry Leyden: I regret that I was not here yesterday. I was a member of the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly committee on Brexit, led by Andrew Rosindell, MP, joint chair of the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly and also chair of that committee. We spent a number of days in Brussels. We are preparing a report for the October session of the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly, which is being held...
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2017)
Terry Leyden: We will not have it in the winter. We are very enlightened.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (27 Sep 2017)
Terry Leyden: It is unusual to be back in the Dáil Chamber for a committee meeting as that did not happen in the past.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (27 Sep 2017)
Terry Leyden: Not particularly. I was here for quite long enough so I am not too bad. I was expecting to hear the Minister explain the situation on "Morning Ireland" this morning. Perhaps he did and I did not hear it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (27 Sep 2017)
Terry Leyden: I thought he would be on the radio this morning to explain about the dramatic situation following SIRO, the ESB company's withdrawal from the tendering process. The Minister also has responsibility for the ESB. I cannot understand how he allowed SIRO to run from this project. It looked at the project and it seemed to me like a very competent company that could provide genuine, quality...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (27 Sep 2017)
Terry Leyden: We will see. As far as Eir is concerned, one must bear in mind that the company has been asset stripped for so long. It has been kicked around, bought over, unfortunately sold by the State and then asset stripped. I was a Minister of State in the Department at one time. We had built up the telecommunications system. Pádraig Faulkner was the Minister who brought in the digital...