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Seanad: Annual National Transition Statement on Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (4 Dec 2018)

Terry Leyden: ----- but I will not be Scrooge about it. Other trees will be planted to replace it.

Seanad: Annual National Transition Statement on Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (4 Dec 2018)

Terry Leyden: I welcome the Minister focusing on this issue. Yesterday we got a stark warning from David Attenborough on climate change when he said that civilisation is now nearing collapse. It was one of the starkest statements I have heard from anybody. He has outlined exactly how serious the situation is. Ireland can only contribute so much to the whole issue, but bigger countries such as the...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2018)

Terry Leyden: Please do not impose that on us.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2018)

Terry Leyden: I commend the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission on initiating and providing the Oireachtas TV channel, which broadcasts live and is a good service that provides information for the public throughout the country.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2018)

Terry Leyden: The channel is only available if people have the proper platform to receive it. I regret very much that RTÉ has decided not to show "Oireachtas Report" on three nights of the week, that is, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2018)

Terry Leyden: We are paying €160 per year for the licence fee and the public is entitled to have a summary of events in the Oireachtas during the day. Leaders' Questions are taken at 12 noon but a person who is working will not be able to watch them at that time and they are being deprived of the opportunity to see the debate until a night when the Oireachtas does not sit. RTÉ should restore...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2018)

Terry Leyden: As a member of the Joint Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment, I will raise this with the director general and ask how she would feel if €10 were taken off the €160 fee and handed over to Virgin Media 1, 2 or 3.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2018)

Terry Leyden: I would like to second that proposal.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2018)

Terry Leyden: I thought that-----

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2018)

Terry Leyden: I could not see him behind the other Members.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2018)

Terry Leyden: By the way, I would have thought that he would have gone on a longer holiday.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2018)

Terry Leyden: I did not expect him back today.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2018)

Terry Leyden: There is no need for division now.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2018)

Terry Leyden: I am sorry but Senator Lombard is obstructing my view of Senator Feighan. Does the Senator not realise that?

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2018)

Terry Leyden: Senator Feighan should have stayed away for another month.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2018)

Terry Leyden: It is not too late.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2018)

Terry Leyden: It is hard to compete with "Coronation Street".

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2018)

Terry Leyden: In regard to Senator Humphreys's point on the coverage of the Oireachtas on RTÉ, I note that last night the deliberations of the Seanad went out live on Oireachtas TV all night until the sitting was finished. The most intriguing question was who was behind the screen with a phone. When the Cathaoirleach announced that the House would adjourn for 15 minutes, people were wondering if...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2018)

Terry Leyden: Much more importantly, I would like to extend sympathy to the mayor and the people of Strasbourg and to the President of France on the tragic shooting carried out by terrorists in the city's beautiful Christmas market last night, during the sitting of the European Parliament. Of course the timing was a political statement. The attackers could not get through to the European Parliament...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2018)

Terry Leyden: The Senator should be careful what he wishes for.