Results 2,401-2,420 of 9,753 for speaker:Terry Leyden
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2014)
Terry Leyden: The Moroccan ambassador is here as well.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2014)
Terry Leyden: There will be a lot of water under the bridge before then.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2014)
Terry Leyden: Not when it bombs Gaza.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2014)
Terry Leyden: I second the motion tabled by Senator Averil Power and signed by the majority of Members. I thank the Leader of the House who I understand will accept the motion as a unanimous decision of the Seanad. It is an historic day. As the founder of the Friends of Palestine in the Houses of the Oireachtas in 2003, I note that it is a great occasion when the independent Seanad can legally recognise...
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2014)
Terry Leyden: The troika has been gone since December.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)
Terry Leyden: Why not press it now?
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)
Terry Leyden: The Deputy Leader is yet to be informed.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)
Terry Leyden: The Members of the House are being very hard on Senator Bacik.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)
Terry Leyden: We opposed the Water Services Act on this side of the House and are delighted that we did so. The question of paying bonuses to people who are not doing their jobs was the subject of great interest for every member of the public I met at the weekend----
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)
Terry Leyden: When are we going to have the debate?
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)
Terry Leyden: Are you acceding to the request that we have a debate on it? I am delighted and hope the House will now actually accept the very wise proposal made.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)
Terry Leyden: It is an honour and a pleasure to second Senator Mary-Louise O'Donnell's amendment to the Order of Business.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)
Terry Leyden: I am glad to be associated with it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)
Terry Leyden: Any port in a storm, my dear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)
Terry Leyden: You should be grateful for small mercies.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)
Terry Leyden: The Senator made a very convoluted speech which I found hard to understand, but besides that.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)
Terry Leyden: Well written but convoluted.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)
Terry Leyden: I am delighted that Senator Mullins has taken an interest in the Roscommon-Galway constituency, where he looks like a potential candidate. He will have to resolve the water issue long before he dips his toe in that water.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)
Terry Leyden: Senator Mullins will have great difficulty getting a seat in that constituency on the next occasion, given the poll he received the last time. The construction of Irish Water shows the ineptitude of the Government. I look back at Charlie Haughey, who, as Taoiseach, established the IFSC, which currently employs 50,000 people.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)
Terry Leyden: He had the ability to set up a company and make it work. The Government is unable to establish a company and make it work. That is obvious from what it has done to what was a successful water system in most parts of the country. One would think this water scheme had just been invented and that there had been no pipes in place for the last number of years. This particular tax is regarded...