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- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)
Terry Leyden: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Ãine Brady, to the House and congratulate her on her exemplary ministerial work to date. I wish her continued success. I will not welcome any Bill that imposes a tax, but it is a necessary evil at this time and is inventive in terms of taxation. It is basically a voluntary declaration, which is always risky, given that people are not known to...
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)
Terry Leyden: I have just one other point. A seminar on planning and building energy regulations will be held. All these seminars, including one on the economy, what went wrong and how to fix it, are very useful. I ask the Minister of State, Deputy Finneran, to use his influence with the Minister, Deputy Gormley, in respect of this matter. It would be counter-productive and would affect the education of...
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)
Terry Leyden: I thank the Senator for his contribution.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)
Terry Leyden: I thank the Senator for his kind remarks.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)
Terry Leyden: The Senator cannot use this as an opportunity to campaign.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)
Terry Leyden: I call Senator Quinn. I hope he does not intend to take the opportunity to make a declaration on his own behalf. The Bill before us does not relate to the creation of a directly elected lord mayor of Dublin.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)
Terry Leyden: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Ãine Brady.
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2009)
Terry Leyden: That will be done.
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2009)
Terry Leyden: We will and we can.
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2009)
Terry Leyden: We need the Tallaght strategy again.
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2009)
Terry Leyden: Will the Leader find a slot for a debate on the Middle East before the end of the session? Yesterday Israelis boarded a boat carrying pro-Palestinian supporters, including Mairead Maguire, the Irish Nobel Prize winner for her work in Northern Ireland, David Graham, an Irish electrician, and Cynthia McKinney, a former US Congresswoman - this is public knowledge - and they are now being...
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jun 2009)
Terry Leyden: Senator Fitzgerald raised the matter of an bord snip nua and the report by Mr. Colm McCarthy. First, the report should be considered by the Government before it is published but the Government should publish it subsequently before any decisions are made in order to allow people to absorb the seriousness of the situation. Senators could make observations in this House to the Government...
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jun 2009)
Terry Leyden: It would be worthwhile to have a debate in this House, if possible, on the report by Mr. Colm McCarthy when it is published by the Government. We can discuss the steps to be taken. Regarding the economic debate which has been discussed and promised, I am concerned about export credit insurance, which is extremely difficult for small businesses to obtain at present. There are some...
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)
Terry Leyden: I am just warning people.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)
Terry Leyden: I have been a Member before the Senator and I know the story.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)
Terry Leyden: I support Senator O'Toole's proposal for an open debate on the economy and the IMF report and the OECD report. The Opposition should be very careful because it might actually achieve that for which it wishes.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)
Terry Leyden: In fact it would not be in a position that it would be in government in the morning. The IMF report supports and endorses the steps taken by the Taoiseach and the Minister for Finance, Deputy Brian Lenihan. In an interview on "Morning Ireland" this morning the Minister indicated a very confident approach to both reports - the OECD and IMF reports.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)
Terry Leyden: In recent days I was speaking to-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)
Terry Leyden: -----the president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. I pointed out to him that we have very steady Government here that will see us come through choppy waters.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)
Terry Leyden: I recall a period in 1981 to 1982 when the Opposition parties were in government. They lasted approximately nine months.