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Seanad: Accident and Emergency Services (14 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: I will ask our leader to request a debate.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: It will be taken on the Adjournment tonight.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: I will give the Senator a minute.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: The birds are coming home to roost.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: Will it deal with casinos?

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: You shot it down.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: I thank the Leader of the House for providing time tomorrow for Members to pay tributes to the late, great Brian Lenihan. I extend my sympathy, as I have already, to his wife and family and to his aunt, Mary O'Rourke, who was Leader of this House. I have a long link with them because I was assistant director of elections in 1969 for his father with whom I started my political career. I...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: It would, and I would hope the Cathaoirleach would grant me permission to raise it because I intend to table it tomorrow for Thursday.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: I appreciate that. I would ask the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Shatter, to come to the House and give a detailed statement in this regard. We were nominated by Garda representative organisations and we always responded to their requirements. This is serious because the fact that gardaí will not be trained will affect every town and village in Ireland, and many gardaí left...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: We are in a perilous situation in this regard and I am horrified that the Government can do this somersault so quickly. It is 100 days of somersaults.

Seanad: Residential Institutions (9 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: I welcome the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Ruairí Quinn, to the House and thank him for recognising the notice of this Adjournment matter. I thank the Leader for facilitating the change from three matters being heard on the Adjournment to four matters being heard per sitting. Matters on the Adjournment are very important and this matter is being afforded particular recognition...

Seanad: Residential Institutions (9 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: I thank the Minister for the comprehensive response he gave on behalf of his colleague, the Minister for Justice and Equality. I am confident that the Government will take a humanitarian approach to this issue. I understand 30,000 people were involved.

Seanad: Health Services (8 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: I welcome and the Minister of State and thank the Cathaoirleach for allowing this matter to be raised on the Adjournment. Senators have been contacted by members of the public and particularly the group Diabetes Action. I requested that the Minister for Health, Deputy James Reilly, outline the access to treatment for children and adolescents with diabetes and the plans to reorganise...

Seanad: Health Services (8 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: I thank the Minister of State for her very comprehensive reply. Although I was at one stage Deputy Terry Leyden I am now a Senator. It is a while since I was there. I will convey the Minister of State's reply to the organisation and we will follow up any queries. I thank the Minister of State and her officials for putting so much work into the reply.

Seanad: Health Services (8 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: I certainly am, and the Cathaoirleach is glad to be where he is. I am thankful for the opportunity to address the issue on the Adjournment, which is a very useful vehicle for getting responses from Departments.

Seanad: Jobs Initiative and Competitiveness: Statements (8 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: I welcome the Minister of State and wish him well in his Ministry. He has great experience as a businessman who has created jobs in his own county. He is aware of the difficulties in small business and his experience will be of benefit to small businesses. I am delighted he is establishing a committee of business people and hope small businesses in the regions will be well represented on...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (7 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: On a technical point, if one is a card-carrying member of a political party, is one entitled to be part of an independent group?

Seanad: Business of Seanad (7 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: Is the Cathaoirleach trying to silence me?

Seanad: Fourth Report of the Special Rapporteur on Child Protection: Statements (7 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: I wish to propose an amendment to the Order of Business, namely, to allow the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Alan Shatter, to come to the House to respond to the outcome of the deliberations of the Irish Human Rights Commission. It decided that we should establish a statutory mechanism to investigate the matters advanced by the Justice for Magdalenes group. It would be an...