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Seanad: Commencement Matters: Army Barracks Closures (19 Jan 2016)

Denis Landy: After three years.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Army Barracks Closures (19 Jan 2016)

Denis Landy: I thank the Minister of State.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jan 2016)

Denis Landy: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jan 2016)

Denis Landy: While Senator Norris can be compensated he does at least have an instrument. It might not be working well but we do not seem to have any instruments underneath us. Maybe that can be looked at. I support Senator Bacik's call for a motion that would encompass all our views with regard to cystic fibrosis.I recall a similar circumstance when research was carried out on a medication and it was...

Seanad: Flooding: Statements (20 Jan 2016)

Denis Landy: I am from Carrick-on-Suir in Tipperary. In 1912, my grandfather moved from Mill Street after being flooded for three years in a row. He moved 300 yards into the town. Critically, it was a house that was 50 ft. higher above sea level. On 29 December last, 103 years later, Mill Street flooded again. First, I commend the Minister of State on everything he has done. He was out in the middle...

Seanad: Flooding: Statements (20 Jan 2016)

Denis Landy: This is my last point. We need to bring the insurance companies to heel. What they are doing is unacceptable. On the way up to Dublin yesterday I listened to a consumer rights agent speaking about car insurance. They are doing it in that sector as well. In the case I referred to earlier, a company withdrew insurance from a woman who had lived in a house from 1957 to 2012 without being...

Seanad: Flooding: Statements (20 Jan 2016)

Denis Landy: Can we allow the Minister of State to speak again?

Seanad: Flooding: Statements (20 Jan 2016)

Denis Landy: On a point of order, can the acting Leader not move the change?

Seanad: Local Government Review: Statements (26 Jan 2016)

Denis Landy: The Senator can leave if he wishes.

Seanad: Local Government Review: Statements (26 Jan 2016)

Denis Landy: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Sean Sherlock. The Minister had to leave to take part in a debate in the Lower House on homelessness. I am pleased to welcome the Minister of State because, unlike the Minister, he served his time in local government. Perhaps the Minister might not like me for saying he came to the Seanad straight off. The Minister of State served in local...

Seanad: Horse Racing Ireland Bill 2015: Second Stage (27 Jan 2016)

Denis Landy: The Senator is very defeatist. That is twice he has said he will be in opposition.

Seanad: Horse Racing Ireland Bill 2015: Second Stage (27 Jan 2016)

Denis Landy: The Senator is covering his tracks now.

Seanad: Horse Racing Ireland Bill 2015: Second Stage (27 Jan 2016)

Denis Landy: I welcome Bernard Caldwell, chief executive of the Irish Stablestaff Association, to the Visitors Gallery. I welcome the Horse Racing Ireland Bill 2015. I followed the extensive debate on the Bill the Lower House last week. The Bill strengthens governance and transparency in the racing industry, which is very important. It increases efficiency and provides clarity of functions between the...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Feb 2016)

Denis Landy: I support Senator Mullins regarding unemployment figures, which, as he said, are down to 8.6%, and that is as a result of An Action Plan for Jobs and Pathways to Work, part of which strategy is education. As it will probably be my last time speaking on the Order of Business, certainly in this term, and as I feel it has always been my duty here to raise issues and anomalies that concern me, I...

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (8 Jun 2016)

Denis Landy: I add my voice to all the other voices in congratulating Senator O'Donovan on being elected Cathaoirleach today. What will be required in the coming months and, hopefully, years will be exactly what the Cathaoirleach has done, namely, exude calmness. It will also require a relaxed person who will sit back and listen to the debate, who will move the debate along and who will ensure the...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jun 2016)

Denis Landy: On this first full sitting day I wish the Cathaoirleach well for his term. I also wish the Leader and the other Members who have been elected leaders and Whips well. I will start today as I mean to go on, as I did in the previous Seanad. A total of 43 Members of this House have been elected by councillors and it is important that we look after the welfare of those councillors. I listened...

Seanad: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (15 Jun 2016)

Denis Landy: I will be very brief and I will not get emotional either. I could cry but I am not going to. I congratulate Senator Coghlan on achieving the post. He is one of the longest-serving Members of this House and I wish him well as Leas-Chathaoirleach. On a personal level, we are very good friends and shall remain so. One often hears that a bird in the hand is better than two in the bush, and...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Jun 2016)

Denis Landy: The two issues I wish to address are of environmental concern and require legislation. I would welcome legislation to deal with both. The first issue I wish to address is that of Japanese knotweed. It is a dire problem which has been encountered in Europe since the 1800s. It is an issue the Cathaoirleach raised in the House last year. The plant grows at a rate of 8 in. per day. Across...

Seanad: Waste Management: Motion (22 Jun 2016)

Denis Landy: On a point of order, there are no headsets along this row. We cannot put on something that we do not have.

Seanad: Waste Management: Motion (22 Jun 2016)

Denis Landy: There are no headsets in the other row either, but I see one that I might be able to use.