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Seanad: Order of Business (16 Feb 2017)

Denis Landy: Last Monday morning at first light, machinery moved in to the Harold's Cross greyhound track. They removed the traps, took furniture out from the restaurant and put security on the gates. The 12 staff who work there were locked out. These are the actions of the Irish Greyhound Board, which says it wants to save the greyhound industry. The board held a meeting at the Harold's Cross stadium...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2017)

Denis Landy: I also wish to represent the Mandate members in Tesco. I attended this morning's briefing and, like Senator Gavan, was shocked. Indeed, I was shocked on one front more than any, namely, by how the company was openly distributing letters to staff urging them to leave the union. That was a new low. I have been involved in the trade union movement since I was a child, but I have never seen...

Seanad: Action Plan for Rural Development: Statements (9 Feb 2017)

Denis Landy: I warmly welcome the Minister to the House. Like me, she comes from and believes in rural Ireland and believes that rural Ireland must grow and prosper so that our society is a better place in which to live and bring up families. I acknowledge, as did the Minister on the launch of the plan, that this is the first time all of the actions for rural development have been pulled together in one...

Seanad: Amendments to Councillors' Conditions: Statements (8 Feb 2017)

Denis Landy: I welcome the Minister and the councillors present in the Public Gallery. I thank councillors from across the country who have contacted me since the circular was issued. I will try to address a number of specific issues. On the vouched list, the Minister stated fuller details of allowable expenses would be issued in due course. I could list items that should be added to this list based...

Seanad: Amendments to Councillors' Conditions: Statements (8 Feb 2017)

Denis Landy: Following representations, I have been unable to obtain clarity as to whether it will be treated as a taxable or non-taxable allowance. Will the Minister clarify the position? I am informed that Revenue is examining the issue, which is not good enough given that the circular was issued approximately one month ago. Some 43 Senators work for the betterment of those who put them here, namely,...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2017)

Denis Landy: There is a crisis in an industry which is estimated to employ 10,000 people in this country, namely, the greyhound industry. Last Saturday there was to be a picket placed at Shelbourne Park to highlight the difficulties within the industry. On Friday evening the interim CEO of the Irish Greyhound Board called off the race meeting due to be held in Shelbourne Park on Saturday night. Among...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Feb 2017)

Denis Landy: I want to raise two issues, the first of which is the proposed picket at Shelbourne Park by the Dublin Greyhound Owners and Breeders Association on Saturday night, 4 February. The picket stems from the frustration felt within the industry across the country but most particularly in Dublin because of the total inaction of the Irish Greyhound Board on the issue of the future of the Harold's...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Feb 2017)

Denis Landy: Before Christmas Deputy Gino Kenny introduced a Bill dealing with the legalisation of medicinal cannabis. In the Dáil the Minister said he welcomed the Bill in which he saw merit. Unfortunately, the people who suffer from epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, arthritis and fibromyalgia, of which I have been a sufferer for 20 years, have seen no progress made on the Bill....

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jan 2017)

Denis Landy: Some weeks ago, a seminar was held in the RDS organised by the Sparkasse institute in Germany and Irish Rural Link on the development of a public banking system in Ireland. It outlined how public banking would fit in with Ireland's existing financial services, the regions it would help revitalise and how it could support credit unions, post offices and the communities they serve. There was...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jan 2017)

Denis Landy: That is the Leader's opinion. It is not a fact.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jan 2017)

Denis Landy: I know he wants to have a go at me. Now is his opportunity.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jan 2017)

Denis Landy: As I have done for him already, I will give the Leader the correspondence again on the matter.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jan 2017)

Denis Landy: I start on a positive note with the unveiling yesterday of the action plan for rural development. I also fully support Senator Grace O'Sullivan's comments on the German Sparkassen and the banking system. I hope Senators will attend a briefing in the audiovisual room next Wednesday by a group that is trying to develop a public banking service. Notwithstanding my positive comment on the...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jan 2017)

Denis Landy: The Leader is leaving someone out.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jan 2017)

Denis Landy: I said that we wanted more than a bag of sweets for councillors.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jan 2017)

Denis Landy: Fine Gael blocked him.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Implications for Good Friday Agreement of UK Referendum Result: Discusssion (Resumed) (12 Jan 2017)

Denis Landy: I thank the delegates for their presentation which I read in advance. I want to raise a few questions, one of which they partially answered concerning the situation in eastern Europe. We have to face up to the possibility that there may be a hard Brexit. We should not put our heads in the sand and say it will not happen, despite all of the efforts we intend to make. Do the delegates see...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Implications for Good Friday Agreement of UK Referendum Result: Discusssion (Resumed) (12 Jan 2017)

Denis Landy: I was not certain of the figure. It was from memory.

Seanad: Be Winter-Ready Campaign: Statements (15 Dec 2016)

Denis Landy: On a point of order, I was notified that this debate would commence at 3.15 p.m. The schedule issued last week did not provide a time for commencement of this matter. I have just been told that I cannot contribute to the debate. There are a couple of serious issues-----

Seanad: Be Winter-Ready Campaign: Statements (15 Dec 2016)

Denis Landy: -----in regard to flooding in my area last year that I was asked to raise during this debate.