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

Terry Leyden: I wish Senators and the staff of the Houses a very happy Easter.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Apr 2007)

Terry Leyden: Will the Leader consider resuming the debate on regional transport policy which would include discussion regarding the magnificent contract signing yesterday with two Spanish companies and an Irish company for €605 million for the N6 from Ballinasloe to Galway city, which is 57.6 km?

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Apr 2007)

Terry Leyden: To anticipate the Leader's response——

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Apr 2007)

Terry Leyden: ——it is vital that we do not leave out the section from Athlone to Ballinasloe because there is no point having the road completed on the Galway and Dublin sides but leave out the patch of County Roscommon——

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Apr 2007)

Terry Leyden: ——which is not yet going ahead. We should push for that to be completed by 2010. It is a great day for the BMW region and a great day for the west that a motorway will be built from Galway to Dublin. I compliment the Government on this marvellous achievement.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Apr 2007)

Terry Leyden: It is not every day a great honour is bestowed on one's own county. The greatest honour has been bestowed on County Roscommon by the appointment of Lieutenant-General Dermot Earley as chief of staff of the Defence Forces from 28 June.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Apr 2007)

Terry Leyden: It is relevant to County Roscommon.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Apr 2007)

Terry Leyden: It will not arise again for a number of years.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Apr 2007)

Terry Leyden: They know all about that and so do the councillors.

Seanad: Medical Practitioners Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (4 Apr 2007)

Terry Leyden: I would like to add my voice to the argument that is being made. If one of the many doctors who are serving on local authorities is nominated to the Medical Council, he or she will be prevented under this Bill from accepting that position. I do not see any reason for this unfair provision, which discriminates against doctors who are members of local authorities. I fail to understand the...

Seanad: Medical Practitioners Bill 2007: Second Stage (3 Apr 2007)

Terry Leyden: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?

Seanad: Medical Practitioners Bill 2007: Second Stage (3 Apr 2007)

Terry Leyden: How much time?

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Apr 2007)

Terry Leyden: I support Senator Ulick Burke's comments on a particular insurance company. It is a question of ambulance chasing as far as settlements are concerned. A procedure is in place now. The Personal Injuries Assessment Board, which was established by the Oireachtas and the former Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Harney, has proved to be a successful vehicle for the...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Apr 2007)

Terry Leyden: I will. I thank the Senator for his suggestion.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Apr 2007)

Terry Leyden: I appreciate that. I assure Senator Coghlan that Dingle, or whatever name one likes to call it, was packed out——

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Apr 2007)

Terry Leyden: ——with Irish and American tourists last week.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Apr 2007)

Terry Leyden: It is still there.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (29 Mar 2007)

Terry Leyden: That is outrageous.

Seanad: Health Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (29 Mar 2007)

Terry Leyden: I am grateful to Senator Browne for tabling this amendment and giving us an opportunity to discuss this issue. Since Committee Stage of the Bill, my colleagues and I raised this matter at the meeting of the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party on Tuesday. I spoke about it to the Taoiseach, the Minister for Health and Children, and the Minister of State, Deputy Seán Power. It has been passed...

Seanad: Health Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (29 Mar 2007)

Terry Leyden: Yes, it should apply to all elected representatives. I was a member of the former western health board and when a home in my county came under serious pressure to be closed. I resisted that to the best of my ability but I was in a difficult situation as a member of the board whose executive was introducing enforcement orders against this well-run home. The building was not great but the...