Results 4,121-4,140 of 9,753 for speaker:Terry Leyden
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jun 2012)
Terry Leyden: Yes. I want the Leader to arrange a debate with the Minister for Health to outline to the House the reasons for his backtracking and somersaulting on these commitments and the betrayal of the electorate. There will not be a by-election shortly in any of the constituencies in the South, but if there were, it would present a great opportunity for the Government to put its mandate to the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jun 2012)
Terry Leyden: Only for my party's support on the fiscal treaty it would have be beaten because there was certainly an opportunity for the people to revolt in that regard.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jun 2012)
Terry Leyden: I add to what Senator Norris and others said about the Seanad. In the next ten days the new constituencies are likely to be announced. The next Dáil will have eight fewer Deputies as it goes from 166 to 158. That will concentrate the minds of those in the other House regarding the future of this House.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jun 2012)
Terry Leyden: It will be a great consolation to many, particularly Labour Party Deputies in constituencies where they have two Deputies at the moment and there will be only one subsequently.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jun 2012)
Terry Leyden: That is a reality of life and we need to be realistic about this. We know that politics has its ups and downs.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jun 2012)
Terry Leyden: It would be worth having a discussion on the Seanad at this point. All the Members of this Seanad have performed extraordinarily well under your chairmanship, a Chathaoirligh, and under the leadership of the Leader and the opposition leaders. I returned to this House ten years ago and this Seanad is doing an excellent job. It will prove itself successful to the extent that the people will...
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jun 2012)
Terry Leyden: I hope they are implemented to a greater extent than the consolidated version of the treaties, particularly the Lisbon treaty and the role of the Oireachtas in this regard. I was a member of a committee chaired by the Minister of State, Deputy Perry, which published a report on 23 May 2008. I know the Minister of State, Deputy Creighton, has been very supportive of this. That committee...
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jun 2012)
Terry Leyden: The Senator is undermining his own Taoiseach.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jun 2012)
Terry Leyden: The Taoiseach should introduce German classes into the Seanad. I thoroughly recommend them.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Jun 2012)
Terry Leyden: If the Senator does not get elected.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Jun 2012)
Terry Leyden: They are wonderful when one gets elected.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Jun 2012)
Terry Leyden: Excellent.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Jun 2012)
Terry Leyden: I ask the Leader to arrange for the Minister for Health, Deputy James Reilly, to come to the House to discuss health matters and to have a question and answer session on it which is always useful. The new emergency aeromedical service commenced operation on 4 June. It is a pilot scheme based at Custume Barracks, Athlone. It is a national ambulance service and this is the first time it has...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Jun 2012)
Terry Leyden: They will evaluate the position but it is an exaggeration to say that the service was provided for Roscommon County Hospital because this is a national service. It could be provided in Cork or elsewhere in the State, and it is based in Custume Barracks in Athlone. If Fine Gael thinks it is off the hook as far as Roscommon is concerned it can forget about it. Sone 60% of the people were...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Jun 2012)
Terry Leyden: They will never forgive and they will never forget-----
- Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Jun 2012)
Terry Leyden: -----the activities of the current Government. They have been misled so much-----
- Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Jun 2012)
Terry Leyden: I welcome what happened during the week in regard to this service but I still believe that the restoration of the accident and emergency department there is vital.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Jun 2012)
Terry Leyden: I can confirm that.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Jun 2012)
Terry Leyden: The Senator should have run herself.
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2012)
Terry Leyden: They need legal expertise.