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Seanad: Programme for Government: Motion (21 Mar 2012)

Denis Landy: Look at the record.

Seanad: Programme for Government: Motion (21 Mar 2012)

Denis Landy: They are not listening to the Senator because-----

Seanad: Programme for Government: Motion (21 Mar 2012)

Denis Landy: But you are marching against it.

Seanad: Programme for Government: Motion (21 Mar 2012)

Denis Landy: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Costello, to the House. This motion appears to me to be an attempt at political cleansing by Fianna Fáil. It is attempting to wipe clean the slate in terms of the ills it brought on this country, which were handed over to the current Government. Fianna Fáil is asking us to forget what happened during the 14 years when it was in Government, in...

Seanad: Programme for Government: Motion (21 Mar 2012)

Denis Landy: The Government has brought forward an action plan for jobs, a pathways to work initiative and an internship scheme. There has been massive direct investment in this country during the past couple of months despite that the Government has been only in office for one year. The Government intends to reform local government and to divide the national legislature from local practitioners, an...

Seanad: Programme for Government: Motion (21 Mar 2012)

Denis Landy: My colleague, Senator Cullinane from Waterford, who unfortunately is not here, made great play of the Labour Party losing support. He obviously only took note of the poll which showed Sinn Féin at 25%. The Labour Party is holding strong at 16%, which is where it stood in the run up to the election. We must be doing something right. Senator Cullinane stated that Sinn Féin is not telling...

Seanad: Programme for Government: Motion (21 Mar 2012)

Denis Landy: Sinn Féin wants to be a 32-county party. It is asking the ordinary people of Ireland to believe that while its supports implementation of the household charge of approximately €1,400 for a standard three bedroom house in the Six Counties it is against the introduction of this charge in the South. Most people can decipher for themselves what is and is not true. Sinn Féin has set out in...

Seanad: Programme for Government: Motion (21 Mar 2012)

Denis Landy: We have been through all of this.

Seanad: Programme for Government: Motion (21 Mar 2012)

Denis Landy: This Government, which has been in office now for only 12 months, is steering the ship in the right direction. It has reinstated our reputation at international level and is bringing foreign investment into the country, thus creating jobs. More important, it is giving the people faith and vision in our country. I commend the Government amendment to the House.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Mar 2012)

Denis Landy: I mention the complications arising from the household charge and the need for a proper explanation to the people of the consequences of not paying the charge. That should be done in a very calm fashion and I ask the Leader to request the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Hogan, to come to the House for a further discussion of the matter. People do not...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Mar 2012)

Denis Landy: I know that and will finish with this. The memory of the sheriff and battering ram is still in the memories of the people. While I am a Member of this House I will not stand for such a threatening fashion of collecting money. I condemn it outright and would like the Minister to answer the issues.

Seanad: Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2012: Second Stage (27 Mar 2012)

Denis Landy: I welcome the Minister. Without repeating what other Members have said, I would like to make several points on the Bill. I have met people from both sides of the car ownership divide - those who have CO2 efficient cars and those who cannot afford to have them - and both sides have their own particular viewpoint on this issue. I recently met a lady who purchased a car last year specifically...

Seanad: Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2012: Second Stage (27 Mar 2012)

Denis Landy: Sinn Féin said it was not against the household tax.

Seanad: Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2012: Second Stage (27 Mar 2012)

Denis Landy: Sinn Féin said it was not against the household tax.

Seanad: Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2012: Second Stage (27 Mar 2012)

Denis Landy: Your party produced the biggest potholes in the country in the North.

Seanad: Housing Policy: Statements, Questions and Answers (28 Mar 2012)

Denis Landy: I welcome the Minister of State who has been present in the Chamber for a lot longer than me this afternoon. I wish to raise two issues with her, the first of which concerns the categorisation of housing estates for the household charge. I have done some work on this issue and it appears as though housing estates were taken in their entirety for this purpose. However, in some parts of the...

Seanad: Housing Policy: Statements, Questions and Answers (28 Mar 2012)

Denis Landy: Local authorities did not get it right in some cases and the people living in those houses should not be penalised.

Seanad: Housing Policy: Statements, Questions and Answers (28 Mar 2012)

Denis Landy: To be honest, if these people take a legal case against either the local authority or the Department, they would win hands down. They are incorrectly categorised and we cannot force them to pay money when they should not be paying it.

Seanad: Small Business: Motion (28 Mar 2012)

Denis Landy: I move: That Seanad Éireann: - notes with grave concern the difficult economic position faced by many of those engaged in small business at this time; - notes the need to make more supports available for those who are self-employed; - proposes that the Government consider the adoption of a number of measures specifically to support small business and those who are self-employed, to include:...

Seanad: Small Business: Motion (28 Mar 2012)

Denis Landy: Survival is the new success.