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Seanad: Registration of Wills Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2019)

Terry Leyden: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Registration of Wills Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2019)

Terry Leyden: I thank the Minister for attending the House. It was not my intention to have any difference with the Minister. I am sorry if I did. It was unintentional in the heat of the battle and it certainly was not personal. I thank all those who voted for the Bill and those who voted against it. There is sufficient room in this Bill and I hope that the Dáil will pass it. Those amendments I...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Mar 2019)

Terry Leyden: At a meeting of the Joint Committee on Rural and Community Development, Jim Connolly, a former bank official, called safe deposit vaults a "medieval lost and found". They are in all banks and the Bank of Ireland in Dublin has serious vaults.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Mar 2019)

Terry Leyden: The committee is looking into the issue and they are looking at the Dormant Accounts Act 2001 in this regard. It is proof positive that there is need for a wills Bill. Many of those deposit boxes are contained within a will which has never been found. The safe deposit box is now in the banks, lying dormant and never to be opened. It is about time we looked at the situation. I welcome the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Mar 2019)

Terry Leyden: The efforts of the Law Society on this Bill over the past 14 years has been unacceptable. The Law Society is led by Ken Murphy, the director general, who is paid more than An Taoiseach and he protects solicitors who pay his wages.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Mar 2019)

Terry Leyden: I am emphasising the point that he protects solicitors who pay his wages. They do not represent the public.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Mar 2019)

Terry Leyden: The grounds for objections are not there, as Senator Rónán Mullen said last night.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Mar 2019)

Terry Leyden: Furthermore-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Mar 2019)

Terry Leyden: There is a solicitor in the House who supports the Bill and co-sponsors it. She is not controlled by any organisation but is a representative of the people.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Mar 2019)

Terry Leyden: I met the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection last night. We are the best of friends and we will meet again shortly to discuss the Bill.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Mar 2019)

Terry Leyden: I thank members of the Fine Gael party in the House because most of them supported the Bill. They have to go along with their Whips.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Mar 2019)

Terry Leyden: I am very grateful to the Leas-Chathaoirleach for the way he chaired the debate last night and to Senator Diarmuid Wilson for his skilled approach to getting it right.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Mar 2019)

Terry Leyden: Well said.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Mar 2019)

Terry Leyden: I would love to search the vaults; it would be lovely to get the General's paintings.

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Second Stage (12 Mar 2019)

Terry Leyden: I hope he does not fall at the first fence.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Apr 2019)

Terry Leyden: What about the Knights of Columbanus?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Apr 2019)

Terry Leyden: I beg the indulgence of the Cathaoirleach to mark the passing of our political colleague, Councillor Michael "Stroke" Fahy from Ardrahan. He was a Fianna Fáil candidate in the Gort-Kinvara electoral area. Our colleague, Senator Boyhan, visited him in hospital quite recently. He was a wonderful public representative who represented the area for four decades. His name came up many...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Apr 2019)

Terry Leyden: I may not be allowed to discuss the draft Order Paper but I ask the Leader for clarification. I presume the motion regarding the Electoral (Supplement to the Register of Electors) Regulations 2019 is before the House now. Is that not on the Order Paper today? It is referred to on the Order Paper as No. 1.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Apr 2019)

Terry Leyden: I do not want a debate but I want clarification. It is a useful and good statutory instrument. I would like the Leader to clarify because I read the instrument-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Apr 2019)

Terry Leyden: I am saying that, until now, to get on the supplementary register, one had to register at a Garda station. I presume we will pass this motion unanimously. There was a danger and a problem that law-abiding citizens who wanted to be on the register were deterred by having to go to a Garda station to be identified by a garda who would confirm their registration. It made some people nervous...