Results 21,001-21,020 of 26,350 for speaker:Darragh O'Brien
- Seanad: Moore Street Area Renewal and Development Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Jun 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: Thank God the Senator is not the President.
- Seanad: Moore Street Area Renewal and Development Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Jun 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: Where does one start? I must say that I am gravely disappointed with the response of the Minister of State and the very few Government Members who bothered to contribute to the debate this evening about a plan, road-map and mechanism to bring about the vision I spoke about earlier. I will deal with Senator Mac Conghail's critique, which I welcome. Only one member of the Labour Party, the...
- Seanad: Moore Street Area Renewal and Development Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Jun 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: The Minister of State has spoken.
- Seanad: Moore Street Area Renewal and Development Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Jun 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: I am simply stating a fact. If the Minister of State cannot contain himself on this-----
- Seanad: Moore Street Area Renewal and Development Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Jun 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: I am simply stating a fact, which is that I am disappointed. I welcome some of the sentiment and some of the kind words brought to the House by the Minister of State. When he was scheduled to take this debate, I thought that this may have been a positive sign and the reason why the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht was not present. I said that at the outset that this Bill was...
- Seanad: Moore Street Area Renewal and Development Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Jun 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: There is no alternative.
- Seanad: Moore Street Area Renewal and Development Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Jun 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: I look back at a document signed by the Labour Party 's leader and many others across parties that objected to An Bord Pleanála's role in the development.
- Seanad: Moore Street Area Renewal and Development Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Jun 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: I am not sure whether Senator Eamon Coghlan has proposed a Bill in the four years in which he has been here but he is allowed to respond to what has been raised. The reality is that we have an opportunity this evening to do something positive and to show a way forward as to how this can be done. Unfortunately, the Government sees fit not to do that and not to accept the proposals. This is...
- Seanad: Moore Street Area Renewal and Development Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Jun 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: -----because if he does not like it, that is tough.
- Seanad: Moore Street Area Renewal and Development Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Jun 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: Okay, well I am sorry the Minister of State does not-----
- Seanad: Moore Street Area Renewal and Development Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Jun 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: When the Minister of State was a city councillor he attended an in camerameeting with John Tierney and others.
- Seanad: Moore Street Area Renewal and Development Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Jun 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: But he did.
- Seanad: Moore Street Area Renewal and Development Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Jun 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: I am sorry-----
- Seanad: Moore Street Area Renewal and Development Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Jun 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: No, the Minister of State is not.
- Seanad: Moore Street Area Renewal and Development Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Jun 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: I have no idea what the Minister of State is trying to achieve.
- Seanad: Moore Street Area Renewal and Development Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Jun 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: The Minister of State should wait until after the next general election to speak in this House.
- Seanad: Moore Street Area Renewal and Development Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Jun 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: If I have the floor, I have the floor.
- Seanad: Moore Street Area Renewal and Development Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Jun 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: I have been interrupted this evening.
- Seanad: Moore Street Area Renewal and Development Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Jun 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: I am frankly stating that I am gravely disappointed with the Government response.
- Seanad: Moore Street Area Renewal and Development Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Jun 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: If Members opposite do not like the tone of my remarks, I am sorry about that, but the reality of the situation is that they are letting down the very people they purport to represent.