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Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jan 2016)

Terry Leyden: Hear, hear. Well done. The Senator might join me tomorrow morning for a Commencement debate, please.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jan 2016)

Terry Leyden: The Senator is going to Farmleigh, is he?

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jan 2016)

Terry Leyden: Is he going to Farmleigh?

Seanad: Business of Seanad (18 Dec 2015)

Terry Leyden: It is well deserved. I got that honour once myself.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (18 Dec 2015)

Terry Leyden: It was a long time ago.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (18 Dec 2015)

Terry Leyden: It was the last century.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (18 Dec 2015)

Terry Leyden: Correction; it was this century.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2015)

Terry Leyden: I welcome our colleague, Deputy Tom Barry, to the House and wish him well in the election. I hope he does not get too attached to this House today on seeing how it works. I wish the Cathaoirleach well and thank him for his wonderful chairing of the Seanad over the past four or five years.He has been exemplary in his work, as everyone must agree, as has the Leas-Chathaoirleach, Senator Denis...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2015)

Terry Leyden: We have been annexed for 300 years ourselves.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2015)

Terry Leyden: I second Senator MacSharry's amendment to the Order of Business. I also thank the Cathaoirleach for his welcome to my family today. On 10 December 2015, the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy Reilly, signed the commencement order on the removal of the defence of reasonable chastisement in cases of corporal punishment under section 28 of the Children First Act 2015. This...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2015)

Terry Leyden: The Senator is here already.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2015)

Terry Leyden: Did the Deputy not take the Senator's seat?

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2015)

Terry Leyden: I heard that the Deputy took his seat.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2015)

Terry Leyden: Senator Jim D'Arcy is a gentleman.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2015)

Terry Leyden: I second the proposal on the Order of Business that has been made by Senator Mooney. I do not think the Minister for Health is doing his job. He has been a complete failure since he was appointed. I know he was put in there to bury his political ambition to become the leader of Fine Gael. The Taoiseach's decision to appoint him to the Department for Health has been very successful from...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2015)

Terry Leyden: Yes.

Seanad: Appropriation Bill 2015: Second and Subsequent Stages (15 Dec 2015)

Terry Leyden: As there are no other contributors, I call on the Minister of State to respond.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2015)

Terry Leyden: Oh dear, how charming.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2015)

Terry Leyden: The flooding situation is ongoing at the moment. It is very serious in Limerick and Athlone, where there are houses in danger. It has alleviated to some degree in Athleague. I compliment the Army, Civil Defence and volunteers who were very active in the village of Athleague. The people there helped and supported each other and assisted in preventing the flooding of businesses. Hopefully...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2015)

Terry Leyden: We have Countess Markievicz here, as well as the monuments to Arthur Griffith, Michael Collins and others. There are others who are not commemorated within the grounds of the Oireachtas. It would be a very good suggestion. I would like to think the Seanad would have an input into what is happening in 2016.