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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Closures: An Post (17 Sep 2019)

Terry Leyden: The philatelic section is very important. The new IRFU stamp An Post brought out is brilliant, and is one of the largest stamps ever printed. I launched a few stamps featuring Joyce, de Valera and others. I was once in An Post's philately section and it is a great area with much potential, as it is allows for the recognition of people who have served, current issues, and so on. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Closures: An Post (17 Sep 2019)

Terry Leyden: Does one have to have a current account with An Post in credit in order to get a credit card from An Post?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Closures: An Post (17 Sep 2019)

Terry Leyden: Does Ms Byrne recommend this strongly? She is being broadcast around the world at the moment so she is getting some good coverage without paying for it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Closures: An Post (17 Sep 2019)

Terry Leyden: We should join up.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2019)

Terry Leyden: You, Leader,

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2019)

Terry Leyden: Put that in your pipe, Leader, and smoke it.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2019)

Terry Leyden: It is late.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2019)

Terry Leyden: That took the wind out of the Senator's sails anyway.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement with MEPs elected from Constituencies in Ireland (24 Sep 2019)

Terry Leyden: I send greetings from Leinster House to Brussels. I hope the MEPs can hear us loud and clear. I congratulate them on their election. I say, "Well done," to Mairead McGuinness, First Vice President of the European Parliament, for the excellent work she has been doing for a long time in Brussels. I congratulate Luke Flanagan; Matt Carthy; Maria Walsh; Barry Andrews who will take up his...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement with MEPs elected from Constituencies in Ireland (24 Sep 2019)

Terry Leyden: I omitted my good colleague, Billy Kelleher, our Fianna Fáil MEP. That is a total error because he was on the list. Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa- we miss him in the parliamentary party. I cannot say, "Come back soon", but as former Minister of State for trade and commerce, he will have a successful career in the European Parliament.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2019)

Terry Leyden: There was an article last week on 24 September by Kevin Doyle of the Irish Independentwhich said that there was a new decentralisation plan to allow civil servants to move out of the capital to the regions. I welcome the initiative by the Minister of State, Deputy Boxer Moran, who suggested that there should be a full review in the budget of the benefit of a decentralisation scheme. He...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2019)

Terry Leyden: These have brought great benefit to the town of Roscommon. Seán Doherty and I certainly worked together as a team. I recommend that Senator Conway works with his team down in Clare-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2019)

Terry Leyden: Decentralisation has brought great regional benefits to towns like Carrick-on-Shannon, Longford, Castlerea, to which the Prison Service decentralised a prison facility, Sligo, Letterkenny and Cavan. They have all benefitted greatly. The point made by the Minister of State, Deputy Boxer Moran, was that with the great difficulty concerning office space in Dublin and accommodation, there is...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2019)

Terry Leyden: Good man.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2019)

Terry Leyden: To clarify, he never left us.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2019)

Terry Leyden: He has been in the front seat all of the time.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2019)

Terry Leyden: The Leader should go to Specsavers.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2019)

Terry Leyden: The Whip will confirm that Senator Mark Daly has been a member of the Front Bench in the Seanad.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2019)

Terry Leyden: The Senators were a loss to the Roman Catholic Church.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2019)

Terry Leyden: It would have been one way for the Leader to become a minister. It would have been the nearest he got to it.