Results 23,681-23,700 of 26,350 for speaker:Darragh O'Brien
- Seanad: Business of Seanad (20 Dec 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: You are not even allowing it to be discussed.
- Seanad: Business of Seanad (20 Dec 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: It is outrageous.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: I agree. Senator Bacik asked a lot of questions about the Title yesterday. The discussion was staged by the Labour Party to filibuster and waste time.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: We sure know the Senator attends every day.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: That was hard.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: That cut was not reversed.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: It shows the meanness of the Government.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: The Senator should say that to his face.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: Tell Senator Keane that.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: To be fair, there is more than one public interest director. The Senator has mentioned only one.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: The Cathaoirleach has ruled many times that we should not mention people who are not in the House.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: There are others.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: Yes, damn it. I was going to go for him but I cannot do it now.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: I will be nice at the start, anyhow. Genuinely, I concur with the Leader's remarks and wish all my colleagues in the House a very happy Christmas. We have had a decent year. We have not agreed on everything, or we have hardly agreed on anything, probably, but the debates that have happened through this House have, in the main, been respectful. I respect everyone's views here. We...
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: That is not as circulated earlier in the week. We have a number of amendments on the property tax Bill, which, as I said on Second Stage yesterday, is an anti-Dublin and anti-urban Bill. I have put on the record of the House my views and that of my party that we oppose this Bill. Unfortunately, I will have to oppose the Order of Business on the basis that the Leader is bringing in a...
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: I was concerned that some Members were questioning why I and other members of my party and members of the Opposition were raising concerns about the carer's grant cut. It is a genuinely held belief. We disagree with it completely. They do not have to agree with our position but what I will not accept is Members in this House questioning why we would actually oppose this cut, and also...
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: Do that.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: I have not.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: It is about their decisions.
- Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Second Stage (19 Dec 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: Says the Wexford man.