Terry Leyden (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I would like the Leader to use his great influence. He certainly influenced and succeeded in bringing about the retention of this House when he opposed the Government's view. Do not tell me that the saving of €20 million which was to have come about by the abolition of this House will be made in the form of a cut in the telephone allowance of the elderly. That would be a savage cut and a vindictive approach.

I commend Senator O'Brien's point on job creation and the distillery operation that has been proposed. The Government has delivered a major blow to the on-licence trade, and while I must confess a certain vested interest-----