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Seanad: Protection of Employment (Exceptional Collective Redundancies and Related Matters) Bill 2007: Order for Second Stage (21 Mar 2007)

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

Seanad: Protection of Employment (Exceptional Collective Redundancies and Related Matters) Bill 2007: Second Stage (21 Mar 2007)

Terry Leyden: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Killeen, and his senior officials to the House and commend him and the Department on introducing the Bill. I welcome this legislation which establishes a redundancy panel to make decisions, when required, on what are termed exceptional collective redundancies. The Bill will provide for certain proposed collective redundancies to be referred to the...

Seanad: Building Control Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages (21 Mar 2007)

Terry Leyden: This proposal has been made for a long time. I was a member of the Irish architect's society at a time when I was out of the House and was not even in practice. I must declare an interest in that I am on the Minister's list — the departmental list — of registered architects. The RIAI has adopted those who were members of the Irish architect's society and wished to join the RIAI.

Seanad: Building Control Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages (21 Mar 2007)

Terry Leyden: The point is that I do not wish to go back into that business after the middle of July——

Seanad: Building Control Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages (21 Mar 2007)

Terry Leyden: ——although I do not want to canvass the Minister publicly in the Seanad. With regard to the Bill, the Minister has received a very detailed submission from a gentleman in County Louth, who met the Minister on this issue. He was very concerned——

Seanad: Building Control Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages (21 Mar 2007)

Terry Leyden: I do not want to name him in the House. He had a meeting with the Minister and outlined a document from Deputy Quinn, who is an RIAI member and who dealt with this matter on 26 September 1986. Deputy Quinn took onto himself the whole question of the RIAI and appointed a group of six architects to look into this issue. All of those files are in the Department.

Seanad: Building Control Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages (21 Mar 2007)

Terry Leyden: It went from that Department. When I was the Minister of State responsible for trade and marketing, we dealt with that issue in Brussels as the lead Department and, therefore, I know the background. While I am speaking against myself in a sense, if I am accepted as a member of the RIAI——

Seanad: Building Control Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages (21 Mar 2007)

Terry Leyden: No, I am not.

Seanad: Building Control Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages (21 Mar 2007)

Terry Leyden: I am a fellow of the Irish architect's society and am also on the Minister's list. The RIAI has adopted the members of the Irish architect's society, if they wish to join the RIAI. When the House dealt with the issue of pharmacies yesterday, we did not allow the Irish Pharmaceutical Union to be the regulatory body for the registration of pharmacists and pharmacies; we set up a separate group...

Seanad: Building Control Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages (21 Mar 2007)

Terry Leyden: He is not a constituent.

Seanad: Building Control Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages (21 Mar 2007)

Terry Leyden: He is a constituent in that he lives in the Republic, which I represent. I thank the Senator.

Seanad: Building Control Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages (21 Mar 2007)

Terry Leyden: The point is that the registration body must be independent, as recommended by the Competition Authority. I will not lead a major campaign or put down amendments on this issue. A dialogue on the issue is what I want. The Minister is competent. He has studied this issue and is frustrated that it is being delayed again and again, and that nothing has happened. He is the first Minister to...

Seanad: Building Control Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages (21 Mar 2007)

Terry Leyden: I accept the Minister's frustration as I was in a similar position myself when I brought legislation through this House at the end of a term. I knew we could not go back to the other House and, although good proposals were made by Senators at that time, I refused to accept what were good amendments.

Seanad: Building Control Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages (21 Mar 2007)

Terry Leyden: I hope the message will get through to the registration authority that we are making an appeal on behalf of those mature individuals who have been practising up to the date of the Bill——

Seanad: Building Control Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages (21 Mar 2007)

Terry Leyden: It would be an indication to the board that they were registered.

Seanad: Building Control Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages (21 Mar 2007)

Terry Leyden: Highly unlikely.

Seanad: Building Control Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages (21 Mar 2007)

Terry Leyden: I thank the Minister for considering the issues I raised on Second Stage. The term "grandfather clause" was somewhat ageist but he has addressed the issue very well. I also welcome his response to Senator O'Toole and others regarding the concerns of individuals who wish to continue practising their professions. As a practising politician and someone with vast constituency experience, he is...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2007)

Terry Leyden: I wish to bring a matter, on which Members might have a debate, to the attention of the Leader of the House. I refer to the question of loss leaders in supermarkets and below cost selling. In particular, I refer to Tesco and its promotion on St. Patrick's Day, in which one received 12 free cans of Guinness or Budweiser on purchasing 12 cans in-store. This encourages binge drinking and...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2007)

Terry Leyden: There are pints and points.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2007)

Terry Leyden: My point is that this issue has been brought to my attention and may not have received the requisite attention yesterday. Perhaps it will receive more today. The Leas-Chathaoirleach who comes from a rural area in County Mayo realises the effect on pubs. Publicans control their business, do not permit binge drinking on their premises and control young drinkers. This promotion constituted a...