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Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 Jul 2009)

Terry Leyden: Senator Norris has heard the call of Cyprus.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 Jul 2009)

Terry Leyden: Is the Senator off to Killarney for a game of golf?

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)

Terry Leyden: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)

Terry Leyden: I know the schedule is very busy but it is important we have a debate prior to the summer recess on the present state of the economy and to consider the past manifestos of the parties from the previous general election. The Fine Gael manifesto for the 2007 election stated: Our manifesto commitments are fully costed and affordable in the context of the prudent budgetary assumptions drawn from...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)

Terry Leyden: I do not mind mentioning Nostradamus as he is dead and will not be back.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)

Terry Leyden: Contrary to what Fine Gael stated, it had no view of what would happen in 2009, that the international banks would collapse and so would the world economy.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)

Terry Leyden: Let us be real for a change. Fine Gael wanted to reduce the lower rate of tax from 20% to 18%.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)

Terry Leyden: It also wanted a fairer-----

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)

Terry Leyden: The Leader might comment on this.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)

Terry Leyden: Fine Gael also stated it would abolish stamp duty for first time buyers up to €450,000-----

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)

Terry Leyden: -----and have no stamp duty for up to €100,000.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)

Terry Leyden: I will read it again because Fine Gael is not getting the message. The propaganda machine-----

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)

Terry Leyden: This was taken down from the Fine Gael website. It has disappeared.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)

Terry Leyden: I will expose it line for line.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)

Terry Leyden: We are in Government now and we will solve the problems.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)

Terry Leyden: I do not write for the Sunday Independent, although I wish I could.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)

Terry Leyden: Exactly.

Seanad: Unemployment: Motion (1 Jul 2009)

Terry Leyden: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Billy Kelleher, to the House and wish him well in the Department. I was there and it is a demanding role, particularly at present. I commend our colleagues in the Green Party on tabling the motion to highlight the situation. The timing is very appropriate given the unfortunate announcements today and the number of people who are unemployed. It is a...

Seanad: Unemployment: Motion (1 Jul 2009)

Terry Leyden: We let him down because we did not agree to the Private Members' motion in the Dáil at the time on providing funding of £400,000 for haemophilia sufferers. We should have agreed to it but we did not. Alan Dukes was very courageous in his approach in that regard and gave us an opportunity to continue with very hard decisions. There was a 10% cut across all Departments, including the then...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)

Terry Leyden: Are times of four and three minutes, respectively, agreed? Agreed.