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Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2018)

Terry Leyden: Do not be trying to impress David Maxwell here.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2018)

Terry Leyden: I send our best wishes to Anna May McHugh and the people at the ploughing championships. It was upsetting today for all the people participating in, and all the people who are en route to, the ploughing championships. I hope it resumes tomorrow and they get an extra day on Friday. I hope they get a response to that. I know companies that are there and it is extremely disappointing. It...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2018)

Terry Leyden: A private club.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2018)

Terry Leyden: More wound up.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2018)

Terry Leyden: Yes, but the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government is a good swimmer.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2018)

Terry Leyden: The Taoiseach is not as good as Enda Kenny.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2018)

Terry Leyden: I do.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2018)

Terry Leyden: I urge them to be aware, to be warned and to take care.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2018)

Terry Leyden: I thank the Leader.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2018)

Terry Leyden: I thank the Leader. I hope that he will attend my function in the AV Room on 17 October.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2018)

Terry Leyden: The Leader's party will be invited.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2018)

Terry Leyden: The Leader could write a very interesting book himself.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2018)

Terry Leyden: Been there, done that---

Seanad: Post Office Closures: Motion (19 Sep 2018)

Terry Leyden: I move:“That Seanad Éireann: recognising that:- post offices provide crucial economic, administrative and social services to communities all around Ireland, especially to those in rural and isolated areas; - many citizens depend on post offices in order to access basic State services, including social welfare payments and passport applications, as well as key financial services...

Seanad: Post Office Closures: Motion (19 Sep 2018)

Terry Leyden: The message from Fianna Fáil is that we wholly support the An Post network, and the Government should support it. We want financial support to be considered for post offices in order to maintain them on a viable basis. The Fianna Fáil Party was and is very close to the post office network. It is a connection we have had since the foundation of the State. We support the post...

Seanad: Post Office Closures: Motion (19 Sep 2018)

Terry Leyden: I cannot believe it. The Senator has sold out.

Seanad: Post Office Closures: Motion (19 Sep 2018)

Terry Leyden: That is not true. We did not.

Seanad: Post Office Closures: Motion (19 Sep 2018)

Terry Leyden: Senator Buttimer cannot handle the truth. The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Coveney, will be heading off as Commissioner in the next year or so and Senator Buttimer can look forward to coming back into the Dáil at that point. I will not have to put up with him here after that.

Seanad: Post Office Closures: Motion (19 Sep 2018)

Terry Leyden: With Sinn Féin.

Seanad: Post Office Closures: Motion (19 Sep 2018)

Terry Leyden: Fianna Fáil seems to be in government, such is the attack on our party from Sinn Féin. I am surprised by this because our motion is solid and reasonable. Fianna Fáil never closed offices; people voluntarily did so. In this case a very attractive deal is being offered to ensure that 159 offices close. There is an element of duress in some cases, with people being told to...