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- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Mar 2014)
Terry Leyden: I have a mini vested interest in this particular regard. There is so much red tape at the moment. Ireland is renowned for dancing - dancing at the crossroads, the comely maidens and athletic young men. Senator Norris probably gave the details of Éamon De Valera's famous speech. The reality is that one cannot dance at the crossroads unless one has a licence. One has to apply for a...
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Mar 2014)
Terry Leyden: The law does not apply to public dancing in the recreation room managed or conducted under the authority of the Minister for Defence or the Commissioner of the Garda Síochána. The Commissioner can have a dance up in the Phoenix Park and he does not-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Mar 2014)
Terry Leyden: -----require a licence but if we have a little dance in a public house in the west of Ireland or at a crossroads we have to have a licence.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Mar 2014)
Terry Leyden: No. The Minister of State, Deputy Michael Ring, is the most practical Minister in the Government. He has been responsible for The Gathering.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Mar 2014)
Terry Leyden: I hope the Minister of State, Deputy Ring, will bring about a situation where he will get rid of this rubbish. This is Ireland. In Spain or elsewhere one can dance where one wants to dance in any pub or anywhere else without having any stupid licence. It is ridiculous that one has to go-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Mar 2014)
Terry Leyden: It is ridiculous that one has to go-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Mar 2014)
Terry Leyden: -----to a District Court, and advertise for dancing in Ireland. This country is renowned throughout the world as a country where we welcome dancing. I hope I have got the message across. Good luck to everybody on St. Patrick's Day.
- Seanad: General Scheme of the Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill 2014: Statements (11 Mar 2014)
Terry Leyden: I am sorry I do not have more time. I cannot understand why the Minister cannot publish the bloody Bill, if he does not mind me saying that. He is long enough at it. He published the heads of the Bill but will he publish the Bill and be damned? He should not confine this to the universities and institutes of technology but should extend it to everyone in Ireland who has a qualification,...
- Seanad: General Scheme of the Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill 2014: Statements (11 Mar 2014)
Terry Leyden: -----has a good sense of humour. When I was a Minister of State and brought Bills through this House, including a companies Bill, I got tremendous advice. I remember former Senator Pat Kennedy from Limerick, who was a Member from Fine Gael. He made a massive contribution to Bills in this House as he was a barrister. Former Senator Mary Robinson is another example of that, as are Senators...
- Seanad: General Scheme of the Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill 2014: Statements (11 Mar 2014)
Terry Leyden: What about Mary Robinson?
- Seanad: General Scheme of the Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill 2014: Statements (11 Mar 2014)
Terry Leyden: She joined the Labour Party.
- Seanad: General Scheme of the Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill 2014: Statements (11 Mar 2014)
Terry Leyden: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Hogan, to the House. He was not the worst person in the campaign to abolish the Seanad. He was pretty fair in this regard as far as I can recall. I do not think his heart was in it. He was a former Senator. I think he was here for a number of years.
- Seanad: General Scheme of the Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill 2014: Statements (11 Mar 2014)
Terry Leyden: I am well informed. I was just posing the question and I thought the Minister might have responded in a positive manner.
- Seanad: General Scheme of the Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill 2014: Statements (11 Mar 2014)
Terry Leyden: Indeed, I was. I recall that the Minister was a very constructive Senator. I took on board much of his wisdom at the time - that is why I am here. I would say to the six Senators elected from the university panel - Senators Norris, Quinn, Crown, Mullen, Barrett and Bacik who jumped through the hoop and is now a Labour Party Senator even though she was elected from the university panel -...
- Seanad: General Scheme of the Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill 2014: Statements (11 Mar 2014)
Terry Leyden: I was never too keen on them.
- Seanad: General Scheme of the Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill 2014: Statements (11 Mar 2014)
Terry Leyden: My eyes are wide open. I got elected under the old system and it was a good system and I liked it. I never agreed with those machines. They were the worst machines I have ever come across. They were not even up to speed. I looked at them at the time and thought they were the daftest machines ever. One had to put a paper behind the screen and then press a button. It was the craziest...
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Mar 2014)
Terry Leyden: I am reluctantly available.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Mar 2014)
Terry Leyden: I wonder about that myself.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Mar 2014)
Terry Leyden: Yes; it is a very good question.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Mar 2014)
Terry Leyden: Senators John Kelly and John Whelan had better note that the Minister, Deputy Pat Rabbitte, said after the general election that one only said those things during elections. He is now saying it will not happen until 23 May when the European elections will be over and after the Labour Party has been decimated in the local elections. He is trying to deflect-----