Results 1,521-1,540 of 9,753 for speaker:Terry Leyden
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2016)
Terry Leyden: Will the Leader of the House consider having a debate with the appropriate Minister on the report of the Athlone boundary review committee, which was published recently? Some 28,000 people objected in County Roscommon to the extension of the boundary from the Athlone urban area to Roscommon in the Monksland-Bellanamullia area, which was a land grab by another local authority. I commend the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2016)
Terry Leyden: The situation is unsatisfactory. The report's summary states: "Roscommon and Westmeath County Councils should provide to the Minister a Joint Implementation Plan within 6 months of the publication of this report to indicate their proposals and timelines for completion of these tasks..." It goes on to state that if they do not co-operate, the Minister will extend the boundary into Roscommon....
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2016)
Terry Leyden: Fine Gael had two seats one time when it promised to retain the accident and emergency department in Roscommon County Hospital-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2016)
Terry Leyden: -----but the party broke that promise. One Deputy withdrew and the other went independent and now he is a member of the Government.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2016)
Terry Leyden: They cannot hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2016)
Terry Leyden: Dear, dear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2016)
Terry Leyden: I hope they are all in the next Dáil.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2016)
Terry Leyden: I do not recall that point.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2016)
Terry Leyden: I do not recall that part of my speech.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2016)
Terry Leyden: I recall broken promises about the hospital in Roscommon.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2016)
Terry Leyden: A Chathaoirligh, you cannot allow the Leader to misrepresent me.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2016)
Terry Leyden: They approved it in Roscommon.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2016)
Terry Leyden: The Senator is very well briefed on this complex issue.
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Nov 2016)
Terry Leyden: Thanks be to God the Senator did not retire at 65. The Seanad would be an awful place.
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Nov 2016)
Terry Leyden: I note Senator Kevin Humphreys' comments on the announcement by RTE that it will outsource children's programming. This is a retrograde step. On Tuesday, 22 November, Dee Forbes, the new director general of RTE, appointed on 1 April 2016, was on a charm offensive at a meeting of the communications committee. She never indicated to the committee her proposals to outsource children's...
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Nov 2016)
Terry Leyden: Yes. "Bosco" created jobs in Roscommon, where it was made. One influences a nation through its children.If that influence is taken away and outsourced to Britain or the United States of America to save money, then it is a poor reflection. Dee Forbes was appointed on April Fool's Day but she made a fool of the committee on Tuesday because she never raised this issue at it. I raised an...
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Nov 2016)
Terry Leyden: If it came to a choice of reducing current affairs programming or reducing the salaries of highly overpaid broadcasters-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Nov 2016)
Terry Leyden: Some of them are paid five to six times more than any Senator.
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Nov 2016)
Terry Leyden: Maybe they are worth more. If I had the choice of reducing some broadcasters' salaries to continue producing children's programmes, I would do so. It is a serious issue.
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Nov 2016)
Terry Leyden: This is valuable time.