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Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (16 Jul 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: That is outrageous.

Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (16 Jul 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: On a point of order, the Minister claims our outrage is mock and that we do not care, even though we have brought forward Bills to resolve the mortgage crisis.

Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (16 Jul 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: That is an outrageous statement for the Minister to make and I ask him to withdraw it.

Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (16 Jul 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: I have heard the Minister at it before.

Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (16 Jul 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: Those comments do nothing to help the people who are about to have their homes repossessed. The Bill will do that very thing.

Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (16 Jul 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: I will not have a charge like that made against my colleagues. It is an outrageous charge. The Minister has been a Member for a long time and should know better.

Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (16 Jul 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: We stuck to the Bill.

Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (16 Jul 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: I second the amendment. It is safe to say that the Government is going to give away its biggest stick with which to beat the banks, which would make them do what we all apparently believe they should do. Senator Byrne mentioned the revised code of conduct on mortgage arrears. I have tried every day over the past two weeks to get a response from the Minister for Finance as to why the...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Jul 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Costello, and I know the Minister of State, Deputy White, has been listening intently to this discussion and thank him for that. I also thank my constituency colleague, the Minister, Deputy Reilly. We are all agreed that nobody finds this legislation easy to grapple with, but dealing with it is our job. It is our job as legislators to deal with...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (15 Jul 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: It is.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (15 Jul 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: That is Pontius Pilate if ever I heard it.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (15 Jul 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: It is not clever. It is a lie.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (15 Jul 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: I would love to know who asked for that.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (15 Jul 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: The Senator supports the abolition of the Seanad. She voted for it.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (15 Jul 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: On a point of order, it might assist to point out that it is not a Fine Gael motion. It is seconded by Senators Quinn and Mary Ann O'Brien. Could it be moved at item No. 1, when that is taken? Could the amendment be moved by way of an amendment to the Order of Business?

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (15 Jul 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: Will that be today?

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (15 Jul 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: Can it be moved when item No. 1 is moved? I am just looking for clarification.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: I will conclude. The fact that we are not even allowed to debate it and that the Minister will not come to the House to debate it is most concerning. Every day this week and until next week, as I did last week and the week before, I intend to table amendments to the Order of Business in this regard. I realise the Leader is trying his best. I appreciate that and I am not trying to be...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: The amendment is the same as those I tabled every day last week. My amendment relates to the Minister for Finance coming to the House today for one hour to discuss the new code of conduct on mortgage arrears.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: It is welcome that the Leader has set a time limit on the debate on Second Stage in order to ensure it concludes at a specific time and will resume tomorrow. I have a degree of sympathy for Senator Rónán Mullen on the amount of time given per speaker on Second Stage, but that issue could be dealt with by way of an amendment to the Order of Business if the Senator wishes to table...