Results 1-20 of 43 for sligo speaker:Terry Leyden

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Dec 2019)

Terry Leyden: I take this opportunity to wish my colleague, Senator Feighan, every success in the next general election. He will be a very good representative of the people of north Roscommon, Leitrim and Sligo.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2019)

Terry Leyden: ...of State, Deputy Boxer Moran, who suggested that there should be a full review in the budget of the benefit of a decentralisation scheme. He suggested Athlone, which was hardly a surprise, and Sligo, areas he felt would benefit from a regional point of view. The decentralisation initiative taken some years ago was a great success, contrary to the negative point of view raised by the Fine...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2019)

Terry Leyden: Decentralisation has brought great regional benefits to towns like Carrick-on-Shannon, Longford, Castlerea, to which the Prison Service decentralised a prison facility, Sligo, Letterkenny and Cavan. They have all benefitted greatly. The point made by the Minister of State, Deputy Boxer Moran, was that with the great difficulty concerning office space in Dublin and accommodation, there is...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Feb 2019)

Terry Leyden: If it is Tipperary, I say "Up Tipperary". Radio Kerry is after the Limerick and Sligo radio stations and every other bloody radio station in the country.

Seanad: Post Office Closures: Motion (19 Sep 2018)

Terry Leyden: ...European Act, which, by the way, was very effective. To put those in context, I could write a book about what went on at that time. I appointed a particular appointee in a particular town in Sligo and I met the person who did not get it. I asked, "How's life?" "How's life", he said, "when you did not give me the post office?" I could not tell him what the report stated about the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (13 Jun 2018)

Terry Leyden: ...should not have a detrimental effect on Ireland. It is my wish and I know it is the wish of most people. It is a view shared by most of our friends at the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly in Sligo at the weekend who were very anxious for a deal to be made in the best interests of both countries.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (13 Jun 2018)

Terry Leyden: ...I am speaking in my own capacity as a Member of the Oireachtas and one of its longest serving Members. I am floating these ideas at this stage to at least get people to think. I floated them in Sligo at the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly and there was a tremendous response from all sides. All who were there felt there was some merit in looking at this. It is like the regulatory...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (13 Jun 2018)

Terry Leyden: ...Government, if they proceed with this alone. The Minister of State can believe me; the DUP will bring down the British Government on this issue. Let us be quite clear about it. I met them in Sligo and I know their feelings.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2018)

Terry Leyden: ...will be a hard or soft border. That will affect the investment required to compensate for the outcome of the Brexit negotiations. Quite frankly, trying to exclude cities like Derry, Letterkenny and Sligo and the west coast and ignoring the effect of Brexit on Monaghan, Cavan, Louth and elsewhere does not make sense. The issue should be considered very carefully, bearing in mind what is...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2018)

Terry Leyden: ...railway lines face closure. To say the least, that is an horrific headline. The railway line is the lifeblood of tourism in towns such as Roscommon, Boyle, Carrick-on-Shannon, Westport, Ballina, Sligo, Longford and Mullingar. There is no doubt that they would love to cut out all of those towns. We must ensure the required investment is made. I remind the House that in 1997 there was a...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jun 2017)

Terry Leyden: ...be no changes. That is what I have seen over the years. There is profound shock in north Roscommon and the Boyle area as 7,800 members of the population will be brought into the constituency of Sligo-Leitrim. The area has 18 electoral divisions that will go from Roscommon to Sligo-Leitrim, including urban and rural Boyle, Ballyfarnan, Keadue, Cootehall, Crossna, Rushfield and...

Seanad: Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Prohibition of Onshore Hydraulic Fracturing) Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Jun 2017)

Terry Leyden: ...Registration of Wills Bill, and every time I get so far, I am thwarted again by a change of either Government or Minister and it is practically impossible. Deputy Tony McLoughlin, a Fine Gael Deputy for Sligo-Leitrim, has tabled the Bill, with the support of Fianna Fáil and the Government. The Government's input was vital in this regard. If the Government wanted to block the Bill,...

Seanad: Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Prohibition of Onshore Hydraulic Fracturing) Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Jun 2017)

Terry Leyden: ...of the anti-fracking campaign. I congratulate the Love Leitrim campaign, Friends of the Earth and other organisations. There was a united approach by all parties and none in Roscommon, Leitrim, Sligo and surrounding areas. In terms of a new Assembly being formed, the Minister has indicated that he will meet with his counterpart in Northern Ireland to ensure he or she brings about the...

Seanad: Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Prohibition of Onshore Hydraulic Fracturing) Bill 2016: Second Stage (21 Jun 2017)

Terry Leyden: ..., had agreed to the Bill. It is very frustrating, but in this particular case, Deputy McLoughlin, a Government Deputy, was requested to push this Private Members' Bill. All the other Deputies in Sligo-Leitrim were in favour of this particular legislation, as was a tremendous organisation called the Love Leitrim campaign. Mr. Scott Coombs from Manorhamilton, who is present, is a member...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Nov 2016)

Terry Leyden: ...to Donald Trump on his success in becoming President-elect of the United States of America and to the Vice President-elect, Mike Pence, Governor of Indiana, who has connections with counties Sligo and Clare. We also commiserate with Hillary Clinton. It was a very close call. I recognise the contribution she and her husband made to the peace process in Ireland. We now have a new...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2014)

Terry Leyden: .... Its largest municipal contract in Ireland is the Clareville drinking water treatment plant. It has water collection operations in Roscommon. It operates from Kilkenny and has offices in Sligo, Galway and Roscommon. Somebody tell me how we can have a referendum now on contracts already granted for more than 20 years. Would Veolia be excluded from a referendum or would its contracts...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2014)

Terry Leyden: ...community, but as Israel has protectors, it will not be held responsible. I wish Fr. Kevin Doran well. He has become Bishop of Elfin and we attended the event last Sunday in the cathedral in Sligo. I come from Roscommon and a vast area of the county is in the diocese of Elphin. Fr. Doran has an important role in the education of young people and schools management and the development of...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)

Terry Leyden: ...public life and I have no doubt that he will play a very important role in the committee. I note the work he did in the House during the term of the last Government when he fought for cancer services in Sligo without fear or favour. He stood up and fought, irrespective of who was in government or what Minister was there and he will carry out his work in the banking inquiry in an...

Seanad: European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (23 Jan 2014)

Terry Leyden: ...say the least. Let us consider the western constituency area, in which I live. The areas included are Cavan, Donegal, Galway, Kildare, Laois, Leitrim, Longford, Louth, Mayo, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Roscommon, Sligo, Westmeath and the city of Galway. That is an unwieldy constituency for four seats and represents a difficult task for candidates seeking election. I take this opportunity...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2012)

Terry Leyden: Yes, particularly in Sligo. The Bill is important but there has been resistance to it at Government level from the Minister and his Department. I commend Senator Kelly because the Bill has received tremendous coverage in the local media - so much so that people think it has been passed. This is a wonderful achievement. There has been so much radio coverage that people presume the Bill has...