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Seanad: EU Presidency: Statements, Questions and Answers (10 May 2012)

Terry Leyden: Go raibh maith agat. I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Creighton, who is responsible for European affairs. Having been a Minister of State responsible for trade and marketing during the 1990 Presidency I realise how important and significant the Presidency is for this country and it is a single honour for us to host it. We have been most...

Seanad: EU Presidency: Statements, Questions and Answers (10 May 2012)

Terry Leyden: It will be during the year of our Presidency.

Seanad: EU Presidency: Statements, Questions and Answers (10 May 2012)

Terry Leyden: We will work with them because, as far as I can recall, members of the Croatian Government will attend meetings. During the Minister of State's period as a member of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on European Affairs she effectively and successfully chaired a sub-committee on the Lisbon treaty. On that occasion she spoke about the role of the Oireachtas and did a very good job of it. Like...

Seanad: EU Presidency: Statements, Questions and Answers (10 May 2012)

Terry Leyden: As the Minister of State is originally from County Mayo and the Taoiseach hails from there, I hope that the EU leaders are given the opportunity to visit the west of Ireland during the Presidency. It would be an important visit, irrespective of the extra cost involved. They could visit some key locations in Mayo, Galway or the region. I hope that such a visit will be arranged and my party...

Seanad: EU Presidency: Statements, Questions and Answers (10 May 2012)

Terry Leyden: I cannot understand how one can reject funding and then go the IMF to seek funding. It defies all logic and I hope that point will be conveyed in the near future.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2012)

Terry Leyden: When you are gone, you are gone but you can be back.

Seanad: EU Presidency: Statements, Questions and Answers (Resumed) (10 May 2012)

Terry Leyden: I thank the Minister of State for her comprehensive responses to the questions asked. The flags of European countries should be flown here and from every public building during the six months of the Presidency.

Seanad: EU Presidency: Statements, Questions and Answers (Resumed) (10 May 2012)

Terry Leyden: It would be appropriate to fly the flag of every European Union member state on Merrion Street for the duration of the Presidency, as displayed in the hall of Leinster House during the week. It is an important image for the leaders of other countries who come here because they like to see their country's flag flying. They will be flown in Dublin Castle, but it is important that they are...

Seanad: EU Presidency: Statements, Questions and Answers (Resumed) (10 May 2012)

Terry Leyden: On the eve of the Presidency at the end of-----

Seanad: EU Presidency: Statements, Questions and Answers (Resumed) (10 May 2012)

Terry Leyden: At the end of December a gala event should be held in Ireland to highlight the start of Ireland assuming this important role. Few of us will be here in 15 years when Ireland next holds the Presidency.

Seanad: EU Presidency: Statements, Questions and Answers (Resumed) (10 May 2012)

Terry Leyden: I hope the Senator will give-----

Seanad: EU Presidency: Statements, Questions and Answers (Resumed) (10 May 2012)

Terry Leyden: I know, but I was making the point that the Senator should be paired for the duration of the Presidency.

Seanad: EU Presidency: Statements, Questions and Answers (Resumed) (10 May 2012)

Terry Leyden: Private sector support should be available.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (10 May 2012)

Terry Leyden: I thank the Minister. Before I call on Senator Denis O'Donovan, I wish to explain to the House that the Committee on Procedure and Privileges, at a meeting held on 27 April 2012, made the following decision: The Seanad Committee on Procedure and Privileges, at its meetings today, agreed that the time allocation to a spokesperson in the Second Stage debate on a Bill should not be shared. I...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (10 May 2012)

Terry Leyden: Senator Norris has a representative on the committee and he should refer his complaints to that Member.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (10 May 2012)

Terry Leyden: Correct.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (10 May 2012)

Terry Leyden: I thank the Senator for her clarification. I call Senator Denis O'Donovan.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (10 May 2012)

Terry Leyden: The Senator is not allowed to share his time. That is it.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2012)

Terry Leyden: I second Senator O'Brien's amendment to the Order of Business. Will the Deputy Leader of the House arrange an early debate on a study carried out by the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland on the use of cannabis, which showed it can physically change the brain and increase the risk of schizophrenia in adolescence of those who are genetically vulnerable? The study's lead author, Dr. Áine...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2012)

Terry Leyden: He has not come on board. He has led the campaign.