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Seanad: Farm Safety Agency Bill 2018: First Stage (24 Oct 2018)

Terry Leyden: I second the proposal.

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (24 Oct 2018)

Terry Leyden: I welcome the family of the late former Senator Maurice Hayes to the Chamber. I welcome his lovely wife, Joan, and his family, Clodagh and Nick, Margaret and Keith, Dara and Jane and William, Charlotte, Cecilia, Harriet and Garrett and family, Ronan, Laura and son Maurice. The grandchildren should be very proud of their grandfather. I had the honour of serving with him for nearly five...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2018)

Terry Leyden: Regarding the present discussions on Brexit-----

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2018)

Terry Leyden: I am sorry. Perhaps the sound system is not good. In terms of the Brexit discussions taking place in Brussels involving the Heads of Government, I note that there is a proposal not to hold a meeting in November because it looks like the current meeting will be inconclusive. I understand that meetings are being arranged for December and prior to the end of this year where, hopefully, there...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2018)

Terry Leyden: I thank the Leader.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2018)

Terry Leyden: I do not want to correct the Leader but as far as I know, the meeting was in Brussels not in Salzburg, that was the previous meeting.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2018)

Terry Leyden: It was just to have it correct.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2018)

Terry Leyden: What about the discussion on passports? Will the Leader give me a view on my point about the idea for dual passports?

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2018)

Terry Leyden: There is no need for that. I am just making it clear that we are eligible to apply. I would like the Leader's view on it.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2018)

Terry Leyden: If the Leader is eligible for a British passport will he apply?

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2018)

Terry Leyden: Not yet.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2018)

Terry Leyden: I am actively considering it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Preparations for the European Parliament Elections 2019: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)

Terry Leyden: That means Senator Craughwell cannot be included.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2018)

Terry Leyden: I will certainly comply with that. First, the Leas-Chathaoirleach nearly caused a shock here. We were actually out the door when he announced the Government had collapsed.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2018)

Terry Leyden: We were a bit concerned because one never knows what is going to happen from day to day. Roscommon-Galway regrets the departure of the former Minister, Deputy Naughten, as the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment. It was a great boost in the constituency to have the Minister there. Deputy Naughten is very available, very diligent and very hardworking as a Deputy, and...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2018)

Terry Leyden: That is the best statement Senator Marie-Louise O’Donnell ever made in the House.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2018)

Terry Leyden: Deputy Denis Naughten was prejudged.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2018)

Terry Leyden: I commend the Cathaoirleach and the Leader of the House for organising the minute's silence in memory of those who lost their lives 100 years ago today. It was a terrible tragedy just one month before the end of the First World War, a terrible and tragic war. I take the opportunity to welcome to the House Mr. Joe Callanan, who was a Deputy from 2002 to 2007. He is from Kilconnell in east...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2018)

Terry Leyden: On the Order of Business, I commend the Leader on a very active day today in the House. There is a very commendable amount of work to be done in the House today. Arising from yesterday's budget, I commend Deputies Michael McGrath and Cowen, and indeed the Minister, on negotiating the budget. They put considerable work into it. I commend the leader of Fianna Fáil, Deputy Micheál...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2018)

Terry Leyden: They are excellent houses and they are still there.