Results 541-560 of 9,753 for speaker:Terry Leyden
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Terry Leyden: On a personal note-----
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Terry Leyden: -----I accept what Senator Noone said to me. I accept that she has not accused me of saying things that might be taken in the way she has described. I respect everyone in the House. I respect their views and the will of the people. The Minister had to do his duty, for which I respect him. I apologise to anyone who I said was emotional, but these are personal comments. They do not...
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Terry Leyden: I am sorry-----
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Terry Leyden: If I offended anyone, I apologise.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Terry Leyden: Acting Chairman, the Senator's comments are not appropriate.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Terry Leyden: That is unfair.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Terry Leyden: On a point of order-----
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Terry Leyden: In terms of that allegation, I am the very opposite. As the father of three daughters and a son, and a grandfather, that is terribly offensive. I am sorry.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Terry Leyden: I served in three Ministries. I have been a Member of this House for a long time and over those years I never let a staff member go, and I never had a dispute with a staff member.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Terry Leyden: To accuse me of something like that is the most hurtful-----
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Terry Leyden: -----and hateful comment the Senator can make about me.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Terry Leyden: I object to it strenuously. I ask the Senator to withdraw that comment.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Terry Leyden: Not through the Chair. I am asking Senator Noone to withdraw that comment straight away.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Terry Leyden: Yes.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Terry Leyden: This is so serious. I have three daughters and a granddaughter. Senator Noone is accusing their father and grandfather of something very grave. I am sorry, but I regard that as one of the most offensive comments made about me in all my time in public life. I thank Senator O'Donnell very much for her comments but what the Senators are doing now is harming my family.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Terry Leyden: Senator Noone is calling me something which is gravely wrong, offensive, hurtful and actionable.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Terry Leyden: If she makes that statement outside the House, I will sue her. I will take her to the courts. I challenge her now, as a solicitor, to make that statement outside Seanad Éireann and I will take her to court, and I will prove she was wrong. I will not stand for this. I have three daughters and a granddaughter and she made the most hurtful, hateful and spiteful comments about their...
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Terry Leyden: I am appealing-----
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Terry Leyden: For the last time, I ask Senator Noone to please-----
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Terry Leyden: In light of our friendship over the years and the fact that I respected her on every occasion, including in the Council of Europe and elsewhere, I ask Senator Noone to withdraw her comments. She knows that what she said is very hurtful to me personally.