Results 961-980 of 9,753 for speaker:Terry Leyden

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (26 May 2004)

Terry Leyden: I signed the contract.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (26 May 2004)

Terry Leyden: We bought the hospital. I signed the contract.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (26 May 2004)

Terry Leyden: I welcome the Minister to the House, but I do not particularly welcome the Bill. While there is no doubt that change was needed, the proposed rationalisation represents throwing out the baby with the bath water. I was a member of the Western Health Board from 1992 to 2002 and was chairman when we bought Portiuncula Hospital and the Bon Secours Hospital in Tuam. We built a new accident and...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (26 May 2004)

Terry Leyden: The removal of public representatives from health boards is a retrograde step. They have been blamed by the media for the ills of the health service when in reality they were not responsible. They supported the operation of the health boards in a most effective way. For example, Councillor Tim Quinn in Belmullet fought for his local hospital and got it upgraded to incorporate a better...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (26 May 2004)

Terry Leyden: ——has no policies. How cynical it was of Fine Gael to call a public meeting under the guise of an independent public meeting attended by its party leader.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (26 May 2004)

Terry Leyden: It has no alternative policies.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (26 May 2004)

Terry Leyden: I am opposed to the Hanly report, which I believe will not be implemented in respect of accident and emergency units.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (26 May 2004)

Terry Leyden: Jimmy White, the snooker player, recently collapsed and was brought to hospital to have his appendix removed, which shows the effectiveness of the hospital. I will only take lectures from Fine Gael when it produces an alternative. It has no policies or ideas and is defunct. Farewell to the health boards and good luck to them.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (26 May 2004)

Terry Leyden: I regret their departure and I hope that public representatives will be given a voice on any new structure put in place. That is our call on behalf of all those standing in the local elections on 11 June.

Seanad: Middle East Conflict: Statements. (26 May 2004)

Terry Leyden: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Tom Kitt. I also welcome Mr. Ali Halimeh, the Delegate General of the Palestinian Authority, who is in the Visitors Gallery. He is working closely with all of us to try to bring justice to the Middle East. I take this opportunity to again condemn the activities of the Israeli Government and the atrocities it carried out in Rafah last week, which...

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 May 2004)

Terry Leyden: The Labour Party should have put Senator McCarthy forward in the South constituency in the European elections.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 May 2004)

Terry Leyden: Would the Senator welcome that? He would do better than Senator Ryan.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 May 2004)

Terry Leyden: As spokesman for the Government on consumer affairs in this House——

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 May 2004)

Terry Leyden: ——I ask the Leader to arrange a debate next week on the Diageo proposal to increase the price of the pint by approximately 15 cent from next week.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 May 2004)

Terry Leyden: The price will be increased on Guinness, Budweiser, Smithwicks, Carlsberg and Harp.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 May 2004)

Terry Leyden: The British-based Diageo group will kill the goose that laid the golden egg. People will buy those products to a lesser extent in the short term at least.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 May 2004)

Terry Leyden: We are being poorly served by the Director of Consumer Affairs, Ms Carmel Foley, whose office is a toothless tiger.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 May 2004)

Terry Leyden: She is a public figure.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 May 2004)

Terry Leyden: I am sure she is in a position to defend herself. I ask the Leader to arrange a discussion in the House.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 May 2004)

Terry Leyden: It was not against an individual.