Results 22,581-22,600 of 26,350 for speaker:Darragh O'Brien
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: Sorry-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: On a point of order-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: No one is stirring. I have raised an issue that is of national importance so I ask the Senator to withdraw that phrase.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: I do not stir and I am not spinning.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: What I am saying is that if the Senator wants-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: I formally ask that Senator Hayden withdraw the allegation that I am stirring. I am raising matters of fact and of national and international importance here.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: All I was asking for was confirmation as to whether the Garda Commissioner has been asked to make an investigation of corruption.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: I am not asking to be involved in it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: I ask the Senator to withdraw that phrase of "stirring".
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: The Senator has missed the point completely.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: The Senator has missed the point completely.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: The Senator should have listened at the start.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: That is a good line for the press office. They will like that.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: I agree.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: Yes, he may not want to hear what I have to say but I would like to attend. I will certainly make myself available. On an even more important matter, I am in receipt of information which, in my view, will rock the National Assets Management Agency, NAMA, to its very core. Is the Leader aware that the Garda Commissioner has been requested to carry out an investigation into corruption and...
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: It is very strong because the information put into my possession by certain individuals-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: -----is extremely serious. NAMA is the largest property management company in the world and has responsibility for €74 billion in loans. Allegations have been made in the past couple of years with regard to how some of NAMA's current and former staff have used information they obtained during the course of their work. It has been alleged that those to whom I refer have leaked or...
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: This is important because I want to place the matter in context.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: Information is being leaked from NAMA and is being given to vulture funds and other investors in order to confer financial advantage on them. This will ensure that these entities will profit off the backs of taxpayers and that viable businesses will be shut down as a result. I need to know today whether the Garda Commissioner has been requested to carry out a detailed investigation into...