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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: State of the Union 2016: European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development (20 Oct 2016)
Terry Leyden: It was the Government's responsibility to get the vote.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: State of the Union 2016: European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development (20 Oct 2016)
Terry Leyden: I would like to welcome the Commissioner and his team, including Dermot Ryan, who is a member of his cabinet. He has given the most comprehensive response I have heard from anyone in respect of the future after Brexit. I am delighted that he is so knowledgeable about this and have confidence in him as our Commissioner. I know he is working for the European Commission but he can never...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: State of the Union 2016: European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development (20 Oct 2016)
Terry Leyden: I thank the Deputy for his state-of-the-nation speech. We very tolerantly-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: State of the Union 2016: European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development (20 Oct 2016)
Terry Leyden: I am sure Deputy Boyd Barrett brought up ghosts of the past there and I am sure the Commissioner feels as if he is a Minister again. I will give the Commissioner a chance to respond.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: State of the Union 2016: European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development (20 Oct 2016)
Terry Leyden: Absolutely.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: State of the Union 2016: European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development (20 Oct 2016)
Terry Leyden: He is very familiar with the issue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: State of the Union 2016: European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development (20 Oct 2016)
Terry Leyden: The Commissioner, without interruption.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: State of the Union 2016: European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development (20 Oct 2016)
Terry Leyden: Please allow the Commissioner respond without interruption.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: State of the Union 2016: European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development (20 Oct 2016)
Terry Leyden: The Commissioner should be allowed to respond without any further interruptions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: State of the Union 2016: European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development (20 Oct 2016)
Terry Leyden: The Senator has had his opportunity. The Commissioner, without interruption.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: State of the Union 2016: European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development (20 Oct 2016)
Terry Leyden: I thank the Commissioner for a most comprehensive response to the questions. His opening statement is very reassuring. I thank him and his colleagues, Mr. Dermot Ryan and Mr. Tom Tynan, and I welcome Mr. Gerry Kiely, the head of the European Commission office in Ireland. We look forward to meeting them again. The Minister of State, Deputy Dara Murphy, has invited the committee to go to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Sector: European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development (20 Oct 2016)
Terry Leyden: I thank the Chairman for allowing me attend the committee. I welcome Commissioner Phil Hogan to the meeting and congratulate him on getting the most significant commissionership, as far as Ireland is concerned.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Sector: European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development (20 Oct 2016)
Terry Leyden: I thank the Commissioner for that, he has put me off my script.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Sector: European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development (20 Oct 2016)
Terry Leyden: I welcome also Mr. Dermot Ryan and his colleagues. As Vice Chairman of the Joint Committee on European Affairs, I have questions relating to Brexit that I will pose at the meeting following this one. There are 3,000 farmers currently awaiting payments thanks to the eye in the sky. There is no question that the Commission's surveillance, through the Department of Agriculture, Food and the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Sector: European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development (20 Oct 2016)
Terry Leyden: That is a good question. I am concerned about the ones who have not been paid.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Sector: European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development (20 Oct 2016)
Terry Leyden: Do farmers in other states have as much surveillance as the Irish farmers?
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospital Charges (19 Oct 2016)
Terry Leyden: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Helen McEntee, for attending. Roscommon has drawn three of the Commencement matters today, which shows how active are Roscommon Senators. There is also one from Mayo. I ask the Minister for Health, Deputy Simon Harris, to resolve the outrageous circumstance in which a two-year old child is being pursued for €100 by Intrum Justitia for attending...
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospital Charges (19 Oct 2016)
Terry Leyden: I thank the Minister of State for her reply. It is a pity that the Department did not inform me before now that the matter was resolved.
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospital Charges (19 Oct 2016)
Terry Leyden: I have a letter here, dated 12 October, which states the very opposite. That letter says that the child was liable for the charge because the child's family has a GP visit card, not a full medical card. This issue has been going on for weeks and weeks. I thank the Minister of State for being here this morning but she could have been saved the trouble of appearing before the House if...
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Oct 2016)
Terry Leyden: I compliment Senator Butler on his initiative in that regard because it is important that the Seanad's voice is heard at home and abroad. The position of the Seanad is very important. Two weeks ago I raised an issue with the Leader of the House, tabled a Commencement matter and it has been resolved. Sometimes people do not realise the effectiveness of the Seanad. In fact, I have been a...