Results 23,121-23,140 of 26,350 for speaker:Darragh O'Brien
- Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: The army council will decide.
- Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: They are directed from Belfast.
- Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: That is true.
- Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: Well said.
- Seanad: Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (11 Jul 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: I hope it is in a dump somewhere.
- Seanad: Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (11 Jul 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: It has been taken out of the Liffey but do not worry about it.
- Seanad: Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (11 Jul 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: I again welcome the Minister of State to the House, it is like he never left.
- Seanad: Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (11 Jul 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: He must have done something wrong in a previous life. I and my party support the Bill. The Minister of State spoke about openness and transparency in the budgetary framework. All of us agree this needs to happen and much more needs to be done, particularly with regard to an enhanced role for evidence-based policy making. In this House, and in the other House under the previous Government,...
- Seanad: Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (11 Jul 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: -----with only half a page on costs. Fingal County Council is involved. It stated a cost benefit analysis would be done when a site was selected. The second biggest spender in the country is local government. I agree completely with what the Government is doing and I ask for a more open budgetary process along the lines I have suggested. No Government, including this one, has had a...
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: Senator Mooney did genuinely second the amendment.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: I asked the Leader about setting time for Committee Stage.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: Yes.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: Our Adjournment matter was refused.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: Fair enough.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: It would be good if a Minister came here to make a statement on the matter and if we could engage in a debate for an hour on it. That is all I requested.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: I apologise but I am going to have to disagree with the Senator.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: That is very good of the Senator.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: Hear, hear.