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Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2007)

Terry Leyden: Colm O'Gorman was appointed in place of a great friend of this House, Kate Walsh. She was an extraordinary woman and we all owe her a debt of gratitude. We do not have many opportunities such as this and it is great to have it. It is our last day of service here. I wish every success to voluntary and involuntary retirees.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2007)

Terry Leyden: I share Members' delight at the release of Alan Johnston, the BBC correspondent in the Gaza Strip, after being held for four months in solitary confinement. He is an extraordinarily brave man. I watched the report on him this morning on Sky News. Obviously, Hamas is playing an important role in Gaza. It has taken control of the region and will prove a success there. It is the legitimate...

Seanad: Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Amendment) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (3 Jul 2007)

Terry Leyden: When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Mental Health Services (3 Jul 2007)

Terry Leyden: I welcome the Minister of State with responsibility for children, Deputy Smith, and congratulate him on his appointment. I wish him every success in that role.

Seanad: Mental Health Services (3 Jul 2007)

Terry Leyden: I wish to be associated with that expression of sympathy made by the Minister of State and Senator Henry to the Minister on the death of her beloved mother. The Minister will understand we cannot be present at the funeral tonight as the House is sitting.

Seanad: Ethics In Public Office (Amendment) Bill 2007: Second Stage (3 Jul 2007)

Terry Leyden: Tomorrow.

Seanad: Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Amendment) Bill 2007: Order for Second Stage (3 Jul 2007)

Terry Leyden: I move: "That Second Stage be taken today."

Seanad: Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Amendment) Bill 2007: Second Stage (3 Jul 2007)

Terry Leyden: I welcome the Minister and the senior officials in the Department. I also welcome Ms Patricia Byron, chief executive of the PIAB, who is in the Visitors Gallery. I wish the Minister success on his re-appointment as Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment. I was delighted when he was re-appointed because I have been at many public events which he has attended and heard many of his...

Seanad: Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Amendment) Bill 2007: Second Stage (3 Jul 2007)

Terry Leyden: I presume it was a vested interest speech.

Seanad: Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Amendment) Bill 2007: Second Stage (3 Jul 2007)

Terry Leyden: I was in another field before being elected to the House, but it is important to consider the legislation from the perspective of the consumer. The Bill was published before the election. The Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment, of which Senator Coghlan was a member——

Seanad: Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Amendment) Bill 2007: Second Stage (3 Jul 2007)

Terry Leyden: ——recommended unanimously that this short Bill should be brought before the House to amend the Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act. I note that the Joint Committee on Enterprise and Small Business had a poor election with its Chairman, Vice Chairman and several members losing their Dáil seats. I hope the trend does not extend to the Upper House, including Senator Coghlan.

Seanad: Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Amendment) Bill 2007: Second Stage (3 Jul 2007)

Terry Leyden: It applies to us all. The Fianna Fáil parliamentary party supports the Bill unanimously. While the party includes quite a number of lawyers who have certain concerns about the legislation, they feel its provisions are necessary for the consumer and the overall good of the community. The original legislation, which was enacted when the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney, was...

Seanad: Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Amendment) Bill 2007: Second Stage (3 Jul 2007)

Terry Leyden: Well, he did some service. We will not lose the vote tonight. I have a personal involvement or interest through a family member but it is not a vested interest. The working of the organisation has been exemplary.

Seanad: Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Amendment) Bill 2007: Second Stage (3 Jul 2007)

Terry Leyden: I feel personally involved in this because I was a member of the committee on enterprise and small business which was faced with this dilemma in 2002. Senator Cassidy, who was a Deputy at the time, was chairman of that committee and former Deputy Martin Brady was vice-chairman. The committee spent many hours of work on this. We were most impressed with the strong submission made by Ms...

Seanad: Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Second Stage. (1 May 2007)

Terry Leyden: I welcome the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Deputy Ó Cuív, and thank him for coming to the House to progress this Bill. I wish him every success in the near future.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2007)

Terry Leyden: I compliment those Senators who are going for election and will hopefully be returned to the Dáil. Having served in the Dáil and several Departments, I have come to the Oireachtas in many shades but found it a wonderful experience to be in the Seanad for the past five years. We owe a debt of gratitude to the Leader, Senator O'Rourke, who set a trend and placed a stamp of authority on the...

Seanad: Protection of Employment (Exceptional Collective Redundancies and Related Matters) Bill 2007 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (1 May 2007)

Terry Leyden: I thank the Minister and his officials. Getting this essential Bill through was a very close shave and the Minister of State and his officials put considerable work into it. I thank the Minister of State for the time he has spent in the Seanad. I wish him well in the general election and have no doubt he will be a member of the next Cabinet.

Seanad: Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (26 Apr 2007)

Terry Leyden: The Minister of State without interruption, please.

Seanad: Consumer Protection Bill 2007 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (5 Apr 2007)

Terry Leyden: I appreciate Senator Cox's point because she initiated this amendment. She prepared a Private Members' Bill, but she achieved more by including the provision in this Bill. I hope the response fulfils what she set out to achieve, namely, to ensure prohibitive charges on credit cards will not be allowed.

Seanad: Consumer Protection Bill 2007 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (5 Apr 2007)

Terry Leyden: I congratulate the Minister, Deputy Martin, the Minister of State, Deputy Killeen, and their senior officials who have put a great deal of work into the Bill. It is appropriate that worthwhile amendments, especially those proposed by Senator Cox, who has done some pioneering work on excessive credit card costs and charges, have been recognised by the Minister and the Minister of State. They...