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Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2009)

Terry Leyden: Senator Ross will have them in the Sunday Independent.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2009)

Terry Leyden: I am making an appeal to those ten persons to please own up, put their hands up and admit that they got €300 million under false pretences——

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2009)

Terry Leyden: ——and pay back the €300 million.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2009)

Terry Leyden: That is a bridge too far.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2009)

Terry Leyden: The Government does not know.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Feb 2009)

Terry Leyden: I ask the Leader, Senator Cassidy, to invite the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Mary Coughlan, to the House to discuss how an early warning system might be established in co-operation with employers and organisations such as IBEC and ICTU to identify employers who are considering redundancies but who have not yet made a formal or public decision on the...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Feb 2009)

Terry Leyden: We should take equity stakes now in companies such as this because some of them will not survive. During very difficult periods in the 1980s we had Fóir Teoranta which invested in companies. There will be pain but in the future there will be gain. Some of those companies, such as Waterford Crystal, Dell, Ericsson and now Intel——

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Feb 2009)

Terry Leyden: Through the Leader, I invite the Tánaiste——

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Feb 2009)

Terry Leyden: I make a reasonable point, namely, to invite the Tánaiste to this House in order that we might have a discussion on this matter. When Ericsson announced job losses in Dublin it had not informed the Government in advance of a possible closure or loss of jobs. This is a gravely serious situation. I was formerly in the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and I know its workings....

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Feb 2009)

Terry Leyden: Why not take equity in companies that will provide and protect jobs and maintain the maximum number of jobs in the country?

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Feb 2009)

Terry Leyden: Roscommon town.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Feb 2009)

Terry Leyden: I pay tribute to the efforts of the two unarmed gardaí in rescuing Julien and Emma Flynn and their family from the armed raid on their home in Lackagh village on Sunday, 15 February. I am sure all Members of the House will join me in praising their courage and professionalism. Perhaps the Leader of the House will relay the congratulations of the House to the members of Oranmore Garda...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Feb 2009)

Terry Leyden: We must ensure the State secures the best possible arrangement under the revised application——

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Feb 2009)

Terry Leyden: ——submitted by Shell last week to An Bord Pleanála and to the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources. The field, which should go into production by the end of next year or the beginning of 2011, could supply 60% of Ireland's gas needs when fully up and running and the value has been estimated at €3 billion. At times like this jobs must be nurtured and protected....

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Feb 2009)

Terry Leyden: We negotiated——

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Feb 2009)

Terry Leyden: ——a deal at that time. The circumstances have changed——

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Feb 2009)

Terry Leyden: ——and now is the time——

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Feb 2009)

Terry Leyden: ——that we should negotiate additional royalties from Shell in the national interest.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Feb 2009)

Terry Leyden: On Rockall, I call on the Minister for Foreign Affairs to update the House on the progress of the negotiations between Ireland, the UK, Denmark and Iceland on the status of the continental shelf around Rockall Island. While the State has no formal claim over the island——

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Feb 2009)

Terry Leyden: ——the allocation of continental shelf rights is very important due to the potential oil reserves in the area. A deadline of May 2009 was set for the most recent round of talks between the four interested countries. An update on the talks would be most useful and I ask that the Minister come into the House to discuss this issue.