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Seanad: Redundancy Payments Bill, 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (14 May 2003)

Terry Leyden: That is a fact. We would assist the workers involved if there was any way to do so. One cannot tie employers retrospectively but the State can make an ex gratia payment which happened with—

Seanad: Redundancy Payments Bill, 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (14 May 2003)

Terry Leyden: No, although the Minister of State may disagree with me. We can argue the merits of this case which is what I am here to do.

Seanad: Redundancy Payments Bill, 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (14 May 2003)

Terry Leyden: A special deal was made by the State in the case of the Talbot workers dispute in the 1980s.

Seanad: Redundancy Payments Bill, 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (14 May 2003)

Terry Leyden: There were great difficulties and then other issues arose. The State can legally make ex gratia payments. The representative allowance for local authority members dated from the day the Minister published the Bill – that was retrospection – not the date on which it was actually passed. In this case, the Tánaiste has outlined that 25 May is the soonest date on which the President can sign...

Seanad: Redundancy Payments Bill, 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (14 May 2003)

Terry Leyden: Well put.

Seanad: Redundancy Payments Bill, 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (14 May 2003)

Terry Leyden: What guidance would the Senator now give in respect of Eircom shareholders?

Seanad: Redundancy Payments Bill, 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (14 May 2003)

Terry Leyden: I do not wish my words to be misinterpreted by Senator Ulick Burke or anybody else. I am simply suggesting that the Tánaiste and her Department advisers should look at every possible aspect in every file in respect of past payments. I am not saying the Tánaiste can, in this legislation, make provision for retrospective payments to the workers in Castlecomer. It was her good intention that...

Seanad: Redundancy Payments Bill, 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (14 May 2003)

Terry Leyden: The way out suggested would be rather painful for this House. I was trying to be helpful in any way I could in relation to the Bill. I thank the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Harney, and the Minister of State, Deputy Michael Ahern, for bringing it forward. This absolutely wonderful legislation will be most helpful for those who face difficulties in the future. I hope...

Seanad: Redundancy Payments Bill, 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (14 May 2003)

Terry Leyden: Many of us who left councils in 1991 did not receive a redundancy package but there was a special agreement in 1999. There are hard luck cases but I was trying to be sympathetic. It may not have been helpful but, like the Tánaiste, I was sympathetic to the plight of individuals in this regard. I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Michael Ahern, who has undertaken a great deal of work in the...

Seanad: Redundancy Payments Bill, 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. - Criminal Justice (Joint Investigation Teams) Bill 2003: Order for Second Stage. (14 May 2003)

Terry Leyden: I move: "That Second Stage be taken now." Question put and agreed to.

Seanad: Order of Business. (13 May 2003)

Terry Leyden: I ask the Leader to invite to the House the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Harney, to discuss the proposals relating to the withdrawal of the below cost selling order for supermarkets and the lifting of restrictions on the size of supermarkets. There should also be a discussion on the growth of companies such as Lidl and Aldi which are taking a very large...

Seanad: Order of Business. (13 May 2003)

Terry Leyden: I ask the Leader to invite the Tánaiste to come to the House for a discussion on the issue.

Seanad: Companies (Auditing and Accounting) Bill 2003: Second Stage. (16 Apr 2003)

Terry Leyden: I welcome the Minister of State and thank him for his detailed analysis of the Bill. Like the Opposition, we have received many submissions on it. I could summarise them very fast by saying the main concern is the level of turnover at which the appointment of an auditor is required. The Companies (Amendment)(No. 2) Act 1999 puts the level at €317,000. When it comes to the drafting of...

Seanad: Companies (Auditing and Accounting) Bill 2003: Second Stage. (16 Apr 2003)

Terry Leyden: The Senator said the threshold across the Border was £1 million, which equates to between €1.5 million and €2 million. That level should be set by order rather than constant changes in legislation because in ten years, €2 million will represent quite a small turnover. In fact, the turnover of a small builder, building about three houses per year, could be over the threshold set down in...

Seanad: Companies (Auditing and Accounting) Bill 2003: Second Stage. (16 Apr 2003)

Terry Leyden: —I welcome the fact that the Tánaiste was prepared to appoint an Independent Member of the House to chair the group. We will work with the Minister of State and the Tánaiste to bring the Bill through the House as expeditiously as possible. In the meantime, the interim committee is working very well.

Seanad: Companies (Auditing and Accounting) Bill 2003: Second Stage. (16 Apr 2003)

Terry Leyden: That is correct.

Seanad: Cancer Treatment Services: Statements (Resumed). (16 Apr 2003)

Terry Leyden: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Apr 2003)

Terry Leyden: In case Senator Norris has any illusions about it, it is unlikely I will ever be entrapped in his web again.

Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Apr 2003)

Terry Leyden: In the course of our debate about a certain word used by Senator Norris yesterday I was led in the wrong direction. I have rectified the situation.

Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Apr 2003)

Terry Leyden: I make quite clear that the vote was in total error.