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Seanad: EU Fiscal Compact Treaty: Statements, Questions and Answers (7 Feb 2012)

Terry Leyden: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. She does not require senior officials from the Departments of the Taoiseach and Foreign Affairs and Trade to brief her on the questions that may arise, which means she is well up on her brief. I refute the partisan comments she made towards the end of her contribution because the main Opposition party, Fianna Fáil, has been most constructive and...

Seanad: EU Fiscal Compact Treaty: Statements, Questions and Answers (7 Feb 2012)

Terry Leyden: If the Minister of State wants to say the way the Opposition parties have acted recently is regrettable in the extreme, she should recall her party's position in opposition 12 months ago. The fact is the Government has not burned any bondholders. It is Frankfurt's way, not Labour's. The Government misled the electorate. It must pay the price for this by being in government which means it...

Seanad: EU Fiscal Compact Treaty: Statements, Questions and Answers (7 Feb 2012)

Terry Leyden: I am not questioning her integrity.

Seanad: EU Fiscal Compact Treaty: Statements, Questions and Answers (7 Feb 2012)

Terry Leyden: The point is the Government awaits the advice of the Attorney General. It then makes a decision based on its attitude to this particular issue or its wish to put a complex treaty to the Irish people for them to endorse or otherwise. This treaty has far-reaching consequences for the people. The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Varadkar, let the cat out of the bag when he...

Seanad: EU Fiscal Compact Treaty: Statements, Questions and Answers (7 Feb 2012)

Terry Leyden: However, the people are entitled to have a debate on the treaty and its details. It is confirmation of austerity over the next several years which the Minister of State claimed it was not. The Leader of the Opposition, Deputy Martin, has put a list of questions on the treaty to the Taoiseach. I hope the Minister of State will be able to give some responses to them here. Given that Ireland...

Seanad: EU Fiscal Compact Treaty: Statements, Questions and Answers (7 Feb 2012)

Terry Leyden: Fianna Fáil's work in Europe is exemplary. We have done more in Europe than the Minister of State will ever do. We have been exemplary in our stands, in putting referenda to the people, consulting the people, being with the people. We have proved to be the best party in government in Europe. Let the Minister of State prove what she can do but she should not disparage Fianna Fáil. I...

Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Feb 2012)

Terry Leyden: The birds in the trees are not paying it.

Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Feb 2012)

Terry Leyden: I support the view expressed by Senator Barrett on the Minister for Health, the VHI and other charges. The Minister could be described as a poacher turned gamekeeper. No other president of the Irish Medical Organisation has negotiated, on behalf of doctors, a deal such as the golden medical card deal he negotiated in a previous capacity as IMO president. He practically blackmailed a...

Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Feb 2012)

Terry Leyden: I am showing courtesy to a colleague who is moving from the Independent group to the real Enda party.

Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Feb 2012)

Terry Leyden: I can wish the Senator well in his political career. I expect he will run for the European Parliament in 2014.

Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Feb 2012)

Terry Leyden: Yes. I ask the Leader to consider arranging a short debate on the non-principal private residence scheme which was introduced in 2009 in response to our financial difficulties. Uptake of the scheme has been high and many councils are receiving substantial funding from it. Given that some people did not realise they were liable to pay the charge levied under the scheme, I ask that some form...

Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Feb 2012)

Terry Leyden: I request the introduction of an amnesty, not for the charge but for the surcharges imposed on those who do not register, which are extremely high. I know a person who genuinely did not realise there was a liability because the person's second home was leased. I ask the Minister to review the position, especially the €200 per month surcharge for which people are liable if they do not pay...

Seanad: Priorities in Foreign Affairs: Statements (2 Feb 2012)

Terry Leyden: I appreciate that.

Seanad: Priorities in Foreign Affairs: Statements (2 Feb 2012)

Terry Leyden: I welcome the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to the House. I congratulate him on assuming the role of chairman of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe for this year. It is a great honour for him, for the Government and for Ireland. On behalf of Deputy Joe O'Reilly, who is the leader of the Irish delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the...

Seanad: Priorities in Foreign Affairs: Statements (2 Feb 2012)

Terry Leyden: What a loss it would have been. I am delighted the Tánaiste has maintained the interest he built up at that time. I hope he will continue to support the establishment of a free and independent Palestinian state. He is very committed. I congratulate him on his support for Palestine's application for membership of the United Nations. He has been true to the political and ideological...

Seanad: Priorities in Foreign Affairs: Statements (2 Feb 2012)

Terry Leyden: I asked the Tánaiste a question about the Council of Europe and he did not respond.

Seanad: Priorities in Foreign Affairs: Statements (2 Feb 2012)

Terry Leyden: I am as entitled as any other Member to a response.

Seanad: Priorities in Foreign Affairs: Statements (2 Feb 2012)

Terry Leyden: Let us be fair about this.

Seanad: Priorities in Foreign Affairs: Statements (2 Feb 2012)

Terry Leyden: What is the point of being here if I am getting a raw deal.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Feb 2012)

Terry Leyden: Will the Senator ask the Holy See?