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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Special Meeting of the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs meeting with the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence and the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement
Engagement with Mr. Guy Verhofstadt MEP, European Parliament Brexit Co-ordinator (21 Sep 2017) Terry Leyden: A Cheann Comhairle, a Chathaoirligh, Minister, Ministers of State, MPs, MLAs and MEPs, it is nice to be back in the Chamber after 25 years or so. Things have changed quite dramatically in the meantime. Céad míle fáilte to Mr. Verhofstadt, the European Parliament's Brexit co-ordinator. I was impressed by his visit to Belfast and the Border areas, including Monaghan, to see...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Special Meeting of the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs meeting with the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence and the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement
Engagement with Mr. Guy Verhofstadt MEP, European Parliament Brexit Co-ordinator (21 Sep 2017) Terry Leyden: A Cheann Comhairle, a Chathaoirligh, Minister, Ministers of State, MPs, MLAs and MEPs, it is nice to be back in the Chamber after 25 years or so. Things have changed quite dramatically in the meantime. Céad míle fáilte to Mr. Verhofstadt, the European Parliament's Brexit co-ordinator. I was impressed by his visit to Belfast and the Border areas, including Monaghan, to see...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Special Meeting of the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs meeting with the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence and the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement
Engagement with Mr. Guy Verhofstadt MEP, European Parliament Brexit Co-ordinator (21 Sep 2017) Terry Leyden: A Cheann Comhairle, a Chathaoirligh, Minister, Ministers of State, MPs, MLAs and MEPs, it is nice to be back in the Chamber after 25 years or so. Things have changed quite dramatically in the meantime. Céad míle fáilte to Mr. Verhofstadt, the European Parliament's Brexit co-ordinator. I was impressed by his visit to Belfast and the Border areas, including Monaghan, to see...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement on the Future of Europe: National Youth Council and IBEC (20 Sep 2017)
Terry Leyden: I welcome the Chairman back from his summer break. I am sure he was very busy down in his constituency all during the summer. I welcome back our staff as well. I welcome the National Youth Council of Ireland and I am delighted it is taking an interest in the White Paper on the Future of Europe because there seems to be little interest in it at present because of Brexit. In fact, people...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement on the Future of Europe: National Youth Council and IBEC (20 Sep 2017)
Terry Leyden: I welcome Dr. Ivory and Ms O'Donovan. IBEC will play a very important role. I read with great interest its report on the priorities of Irish business in the EU-UK negotiations. It is a comprehensive document and is worth reading for anyone in business. IBEC represents about 70% of the Irish private sector workforce and has a staff of over 200 in seven locations around Ireland and in...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement on the Future of Europe: National Youth Council and IBEC (20 Sep 2017)
Terry Leyden: I am primarily a member of this committee.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement on the Future of Europe: National Youth Council and IBEC (20 Sep 2017)
Terry Leyden: We are a very democratic party. I can tell the Senator that much. We are not controlled by a central body.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2017)
Terry Leyden: The Senator would need to get up very early in the morning to work on that.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2017)
Terry Leyden: I join the tributes to the Cathaoirleach, the Leader of the House, the Whips, other Members, Mr. Martin Groves and Ms Bridget Doody, who do excellent work. If there were to be an end of year report for the Seanad, it would show that it has been a very successful period. I compliment Senator Neale Richmond, the Chairman of the Seanad Special Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom...
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2017)
Terry Leyden: The Fianna Fáil Whip has also told the Government not to take Fianna Fáil's support for granted.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2017)
Terry Leyden: Fianna Fáil Senators are using their time extremely well.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2017)
Terry Leyden: I ask the Leader to make time available in the next session to enable debate and passage of the registration of wills Bill 2016.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2017)
Terry Leyden: It has been a long time in gestation. Previous Bills were held up by previous Governments and, in particular, Deputy Joan Burton. Fine Gael has opposed it, supported it, opposed it again and then supported it again.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2017)
Terry Leyden: I hope everybody has a very relaxed summer. I encourage them to be vigilant and active.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2017)
Terry Leyden: That is the first I heard of it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2017)
Terry Leyden: On a point of order-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2017)
Terry Leyden: On a point of order-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2017)
Terry Leyden: I have not said it yet. I accept-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2017)
Terry Leyden: It is a point of clarification. I understand that the Senator was invited but I was not.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2017)
Terry Leyden: The Senator is very cheery.