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- Seanad: Statement by the Taoiseach (18 Apr 2019)
Terry Leyden: -----on seamless borders. The college has put a lot of work into the project. There are procedures and possibilities of developing software to assist in the export of our products around the world. I ask the Taoiseach to keep that in mind. Finally, I ask the Taoiseach to support my Registration of Wills Bill 2016 in Dáil Éireann-----
- Seanad: Statement by the Taoiseach (18 Apr 2019)
Terry Leyden: -----because I want to ensure that happens as its success is part of my re-election campaign.
- Seanad: Statement by the Taoiseach (18 Apr 2019)
Terry Leyden: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Statement by the Taoiseach (18 Apr 2019)
Terry Leyden: Good legislation is vital.
- Seanad: Statement by the Taoiseach (18 Apr 2019)
Terry Leyden: We can extend the sitting time of the Seanad at any time. We can sit five days a week, if we wish.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Alliance Building to Strengthen the European Union: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (17 Apr 2019)
Terry Leyden: Am I on time?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Alliance Building to Strengthen the European Union: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (17 Apr 2019)
Terry Leyden: As it happens, we just prevented the guillotining of the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill in the Seanad, so that work is done. They can proceed now at a casual pace with the rest of the Bill. I welcome the director general, Ms O'Donoghue, and her colleague, Ambassador Joe Hackett. I welcome also the Portuguese delegation to the committee and all the representatives of embassies in...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Alliance Building to Strengthen the European Union: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (17 Apr 2019)
Terry Leyden: Ms O'Donoghue did not refer to the Islamic Republic of Iran.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Alliance Building to Strengthen the European Union: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (17 Apr 2019)
Terry Leyden: What is the Department's involvement in working with the former eastern countries such as Montenegro?
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Apr 2019)
Terry Leyden: I ask the Leader to request that the Minister of State with responsibility for the elderly, Deputy Jim Daly, appear before the Seanad as soon as possible and that he overrule a decision taken by the Health Service Executive. Before Senator Feighan leaves, I should say that this is another blow to Roscommon, even if he campaigned for it. It seems that under the watch of his party's...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Apr 2019)
Terry Leyden: I may not be allowed to discuss the draft Order Paper but I ask the Leader for clarification. I presume the motion regarding the Electoral (Supplement to the Register of Electors) Regulations 2019 is before the House now. Is that not on the Order Paper today? It is referred to on the Order Paper as No. 1.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Apr 2019)
Terry Leyden: I do not want a debate but I want clarification. It is a useful and good statutory instrument. I would like the Leader to clarify because I read the instrument-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Apr 2019)
Terry Leyden: I am saying that, until now, to get on the supplementary register, one had to register at a Garda station. I presume we will pass this motion unanimously. There was a danger and a problem that law-abiding citizens who wanted to be on the register were deterred by having to go to a Garda station to be identified by a garda who would confirm their registration. It made some people nervous...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Apr 2019)
Terry Leyden: We look forward to the programme and-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Apr 2019)
Terry Leyden: What about water charges?
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Apr 2019)
Terry Leyden: It is a step in the right direction.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Apr 2019)
Terry Leyden: What about the Knights of Columbanus?
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Apr 2019)
Terry Leyden: I beg the indulgence of the Cathaoirleach to mark the passing of our political colleague, Councillor Michael "Stroke" Fahy from Ardrahan. He was a Fianna Fáil candidate in the Gort-Kinvara electoral area. Our colleague, Senator Boyhan, visited him in hospital quite recently. He was a wonderful public representative who represented the area for four decades. His name came up many...
- Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Second Stage (12 Mar 2019)
Terry Leyden: I hope he does not fall at the first fence.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Mar 2019)
Terry Leyden: At a meeting of the Joint Committee on Rural and Community Development, Jim Connolly, a former bank official, called safe deposit vaults a "medieval lost and found". They are in all banks and the Bank of Ireland in Dublin has serious vaults.