Results 3,601-3,620 of 9,753 for speaker:Terry Leyden
- Seanad: Business of Seanad (28 Feb 2013)
Terry Leyden: We are voices crying in the wilderness.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Terry Leyden: Fine Gael was supposed to be a new party with a new manifesto.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Terry Leyden: I wish to ask the Leader to arrange time to discuss the question of the membership of semi-State bodies arising from an article in The Sunday Times on 24 February 2013. This coalition Government vowed to end cronyism but State jobs are going to political appointees according to an article by Colin Coyle and Mark Tighe. It is a well-researched article which points out that 32 appointments...
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Terry Leyden: It is a question of appoint, appoint and disappoint. Fianna Fáil and Independents need not apply. There is no room in the inn as far as they are concerned.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Terry Leyden: That is the question I am putting.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Terry Leyden: I wish to say to my Labour Party colleagues that their manifesto made reference to jobs, reform and fairness. In that regard, the Labour Party and particularly its leader in this House, needs reminding-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Terry Leyden: -----that it promised to end political cronyism.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Terry Leyden: The Labour Party promised to end the system whereby appointments to State boards are used as a form of political patronage and for rewarding insiders. It said that in future appointments to boards must be based on the capacity to do the job. It added that it intended to start that process immediately and to that end, it would reserve the right to seek the resignation of all those appointed...
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Terry Leyden: That is the point I am making. That is what the Labour Party said but what did it do? It appointed its nominees to State bodies in accordance with the political commitment of the individuals. Fine Gael said that tackling cronyism and featherbedding in politics ---
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Terry Leyden: Yes, I am. It said that vacancies would be advertised on the website of the Public Appointments Service-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Terry Leyden: -----and a short list of qualified applicants would be presented to Ministers to facilitate the transition. That is a lie. Fine Gael lied to the Irish people to get votes. The Government is doing the very opposite of what it promised to do.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Terry Leyden: It is accurate. I have explained-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Terry Leyden: No. I have explained-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Terry Leyden: I explained myself. I know that the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Rabbitte, said we should not believe these ould manifestos, that they do not mean anything and are only makey-up things but-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Terry Leyden: It is a political charge.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Terry Leyden: I did not name any individual. I accused two political parties of lying and I can prove ---
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Terry Leyden: -----without fear of contradiction that they lied. They are appointing, appointing and disappointing.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Terry Leyden: Every one of the appointments is political.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Terry Leyden: The jobs are going to the Labour Party and Fine Gael.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Terry Leyden: Fine Gael is losing ground because the Labour Party is making more appointments than it is.