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Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: The truth must be out. Truth is truth. That is what it is all about.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: I concur with Senator O'Brien on the removal of transport services from the HSE. Senator Healy Eames also referred to the matter and I hope she will now take action in this regard. It is the responsibility of Government Senators to do what we did in the past and preserve these services. These services were provided for dialysis and cancer patients in the west and all of a sudden the HSE...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: The Government better control the monster. Why has the HSE west been isolated from the rest of the country vis-À-vis transport? This needs to be resolved and nothing less than the full restoration of the service will be acceptable. I have just come back from attending a Council of Europe meeting in recent days and I discover another stealth tax. It is not possible to leave the country...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: It is vital for the Minister, Deputy Hogan, to come to the House to explain why he is proposing to introduce a stealth tax, as the previous Opposition called it.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: It is a very good phrase. There are 450,000 septic tanks in the country, not all of which operate to the satisfaction of the Environmental Protection Agency. The cost of replacing these tanks will be approximately €15,000 per household if they are close to a public water supply. The reality is that the people will not be able to afford this and the Government will need to introduce a...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: I ask the Leader to invite the Minister to the House forthwith to explain the situation and put a halt to his gallop; this man has gone mad and is charging for everything. Fresh air will be charged for next and it will be impossible to survive here.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: One Senator referred to a problem with bogs. The bogs pale into insignificance compared with the attack on those living in rural areas with the imposition of a charge of €200 to €300 per household for the sake of carrying out inspections which are unnecessary.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: I put the question already.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: Those on the other side are finding it very uncomfortable in government.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: I can assure them it is not all fun in government. They are learning it very fast. After 100 days the honeymoon is over; the marriage is in trouble; and a divorce will be coming.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: I second Senator Byrne's proposal on the Order of Business. I concur with the request made by the Leader of the Opposition in this House, Senator Darragh O'Brien, for a debate on health issues in the House next week. Will the Leader of the House consider the inclusion of such a debate on the agenda? The Minister for Health should come here to discuss developments in the health service. I...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: I ask him sincerely to put this matter on the agenda. He should ensure that the Minister, Deputy Reilly, comes to the House to outline his exact policies in this regard.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: I congratulate the new Government on surviving for 100 days. We will be in this House for another 1,725 days.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: It is a question of "for whom the bell tolls". This is significant. I look forward with great relish to the future of this House. It will last another 1,725 days, at least. I congratulate the Government on its first 100 days.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: It is significant. The next 1,725 days will be very significant.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: I have. When will the Government pursue policies that are different from those outlined in the national recovery plan, which will run from 2010 to 2014? It is very hard to be in opposition at the moment.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: The Government has stolen all of our plans and policies. The worst thing is that all of the aspirations the Government parties put before the Irish people have been made null and void. I now have to look at the Government's policies-----

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: It is relevant.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: The people swallowed it hook, line and sinker when they voted for Fine Gael and the Labour Party in such abundance. They are being given the same policies that were pursued by the last Government.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: It is a hoax. It is a fraud. It is the greatest fraud ever perpetrated on the Irish people.