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Seanad: Commencement Matters: Primary Care Centres (22 Jun 2016)

Terry Leyden: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Canney, and congratulate him on his appointment. In his first term as a Member of Dáil Éireann he is a Minister of State as well, which is a fair achievement, following his fellow Tuam man, the Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath, who has just gone out the door. Tuam is certainly on the map at the moment. There has been speculation...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Primary Care Centres (22 Jun 2016)

Terry Leyden: I welcome the Minister of State's statement that the HSE has indicated that the Monksland primary care centre is currently located in CHO area 2 and that no decision has been made to transfer this centre to CHO area 8. The Government should take more control. Ministers should decide on any major transfers. I would have much more faith in dealing with the Minister of State, Deputy Canney,...

Seanad: Waste Management: Motion (22 Jun 2016)

Terry Leyden: Yes.

Seanad: Waste Management: Motion (22 Jun 2016)

Terry Leyden: We will take four minutes each. I welcome the Minister, Deputy Coveney, to the House. He used his skills to bring about a solution. Wanting to annul this statutory instrument makes for a popular soundbite and is attractive when seeking support from the electorate. Sinn Féin's spokesperson appeared on Vincent Browne's show and went on about this great achievement, but what was...

Seanad: Waste Management: Motion (22 Jun 2016)

Terry Leyden: Sinn Féin can try it anywhere it likes.

Seanad: Waste Management: Motion (22 Jun 2016)

Terry Leyden: I was a Member of this House before the Senators were. Sinn Féin can use every instrument, strategy and technology to try to do that. At the end of the day-----

Seanad: Waste Management: Motion (22 Jun 2016)

Terry Leyden: -----we represent the ordinary people of this country-----

Seanad: Waste Management: Motion (22 Jun 2016)

Terry Leyden: -----working-class people, to ensure that we introduce new regulations in consultation. So be it if some call this "new politics", but in the old politics of prior to the general election, this instrument would have been rammed through without any debate. Now, in consultation with Fianna Fáil and our spokesman, Deputy Cowen, who tabled progressive policy suggestions-----

Seanad: Waste Management: Motion (22 Jun 2016)

Terry Leyden: -----a Minister who negotiated the programme for Government adopted a constructive approach. We have an opportunity. The statutory instrument process has been abused by all Governments. This one should have been primary legislation in the first instance, not an amendment to an Act. It is a long document. Many people who oppose it probably have not even read it. It requires a bit of study.

Seanad: Waste Management: Motion (22 Jun 2016)

Terry Leyden: As the Minister stated, it would be a free-for-all on 1 July if this document were opposed. I want Sinn Féin to explain what it is offering as an alternative to this statutory instrument and what the Minister, in consultation with Deputy Cowen and others, is doing. What is Sinn Féin's proposal?

Seanad: Waste Management: Motion (22 Jun 2016)

Terry Leyden: Yes.

Seanad: Waste Management: Motion (22 Jun 2016)

Terry Leyden: I have been listening intently. This is not like recycling oil. I know about the problems with laundering and smuggling in the North.

Seanad: Waste Management: Motion (22 Jun 2016)

Terry Leyden: I know what is happening north of the Border. I know what is happening in terms of smuggling. I know what is happening in terms of diesel laundering.

Seanad: Waste Management: Motion (22 Jun 2016)

Terry Leyden: I know how many cars have been destroyed with very little being done about it. I want to clamp down on that as well as illegal dumping. If this statutory instrument does not pass tonight, there would be further illegal dumping.

Seanad: Waste Management: Motion (22 Jun 2016)

Terry Leyden: That does not and never will suit Fianna Fail. We abide by and support the law. We want people to be tax compliant, as set out in these regulations, and we want the industry to be controlled. At home, we pay €320 per year for the collection of two bins every two weeks. If the Minister finds after the assessment that pay-by-weight costs are in excess of what obtained previously, he...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2016)

Terry Leyden: I ask the Leader of the House, Senator Jerry Buttimer, to invite the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to attend the House to discuss the soaring costs of car insurance. There is a need for a review of the workings of the Injuries Board that was established in 2004. It is a State organisation that initially contributed to the reduction in premiums and the maintenance of cost of...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Road Network (16 Jun 2016)

Terry Leyden: Not all of them.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Road Network (16 Jun 2016)

Terry Leyden: That is mutual.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospital Services (16 Jun 2016)

Terry Leyden: I wish to clear up a misunderstanding that occurred yesterday morning. I felt that this matter would have been taken yesterday but I received texts, which I had not read at that stage, to the effect that it would be taken today. When it was not read out yesterday, I got the impression that it would not be included. I apologise to the Clerk if there was any misunderstanding. It was not...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospital Services (16 Jun 2016)

Terry Leyden: We did sort it out. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy McEntee, and congratulate her on her appointment. That said, I was expecting the Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, to be here. I know the Cathaoirleach and the Leader cannot dictate this, but I would like assurances that when a matter goes to the Minster with responsibility for the overall situation, he should be here unless...