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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Rural Communities: Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Feb 2015)

Denis Landy: What actions does the Minister of State envisage?

Seanad: National Car Testing System: Statements (3 Mar 2015)

Denis Landy: I welcome the Minister to the House. I listened closely to his opening address and was pleased by a lot of what I heard. I raised this issue with the Minister in the House last year in the context of the Road Traffic (No. 2) Act of 2014 and some of the changes proposed therein. I note that a lot of work has been done in terms of the general provision of facilities for car tests to be...

Seanad: National Car Testing System: Statements (3 Mar 2015)

Denis Landy: Is the proposal not known as the "racehorse"?

Seanad: National Car Testing System: Statements (3 Mar 2015)

Denis Landy: I asked the Minister about incentivising people to present their cars ready to pass the NCT first time, as opposed to having them tested and coming back again.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2015)

Denis Landy: As far as I am concerned, all types of tobacco and nicotine cause cancer and they should all be treated equally, regardless of what the product is.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2015)

Denis Landy: I refer to a debate we held in this House on the future of rural Ireland with the Minister of State with special responsibility for rural economic development, Deputy Ann Phelan. During the debate on the CEDRA report, I called for a special task force to be set up to examine and implement the report. I am pleased that, on Monday this week, the Minister for the Environment, Community and...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2015)

Denis Landy: It is disgraceful in a period of recovery that somebody in the organisation is seeking to cut the wages of people who are on very low wages as it stands.

Seanad: Establishment of Electoral Commission: Motion (4 Mar 2015)

Denis Landy: The only thing wasted so far in this debate was our patience listening to Senator MacSharry.

Seanad: Establishment of Electoral Commission: Motion (4 Mar 2015)

Denis Landy: I am sure the Acting Chairman will give me the same leeway as he gave his colleague on the motion. I welcome the Minister and thank him and the Government for putting forward this proposal, which is set out in the programme for Government. It is true that it has been discussed before and brought to the stage of a report which the then Minister, Deputy John Gormley, produced in 2010, after...

Seanad: Establishment of Electoral Commission: Motion (4 Mar 2015)

Denis Landy: Is a copy of the Minister's response available to us?

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Mar 2015)

Denis Landy: I welcome the announcement yesterday by the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, of the provision of 2.5 hours per week for up to 1,000 children who suffer from Down's syndrome. This issue has been going on for many years. I protested with the families of children with Down's syndrome outside this building last summer. I am pleased that the Minister has recognised the...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Mar 2015)

Denis Landy: I was very vocal in this Chamber on the matter. I probably spoke longer than other Senators who suddenly got an interest in it when they discovered that some of these people who had been town councillors are now county councillors and have a vote in the next Seanad election.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Mar 2015)

Denis Landy: I was always of the opinion-----

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Mar 2015)

Denis Landy: I was always of the opinion and still hold the opinion that town councils should never have been abolished.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Mar 2015)

Denis Landy: I refer to people who worked in that service and in particular I want to mention Ms Helen Phelan who will retire from Carrick-on-Suir Town Council after 47 years' service.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Mar 2015)

Denis Landy: That is the type of person I am talking about. I am delighted to be the first person in the Seanad today to welcome the retirement of Henry Shefflin, announced at noon. As a Tipperary man, I can say that he was the greatest hurler that ever graced the hurling field. As his former Kilkenny colleague, Michael Kavanagh, said this morning, he was a slow burner and did not get his first medal...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Mar 2015)

Denis Landy: It is a big issue where I come from.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Mar 2015)

Denis Landy: We heard Senator Heffernan did it.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Mar 2015)

Denis Landy: Absolutely. 100%.

Seanad: Order of Business (31 Mar 2015)

Denis Landy: I welcome the announcement last week by the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, of a ten-year tourism policy for the country.