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Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: It was Deputy Ciara Conway.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: It is disgraceful.

Seanad: Credit Institutions (Stabilisation) Act 2010: Motion (18 Dec 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: The Senator never disowned them before the budget.

Seanad: Credit Institutions (Stabilisation) Act 2010: Motion (18 Dec 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: I thank the Minister of State for bringing the motion before the House. Irrespective of whether we like it, it is necessary. The Minister of State has outlined the progress made on the stabilisation of the banks which started some time ago and which all of us welcome. My only comment is that when we note the passing of this important motion, the progress being made in the banks raising...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Dec 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: We have tabled amendments on this matter with which we can deal on Committee Stage.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (18 Dec 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: He did not mean it like that.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (18 Dec 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: The Senator was gone then.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (18 Dec 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Who goaded Senator Whelan?

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (18 Dec 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: What is the point of this?

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (18 Dec 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Is the Senator finished already?

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (18 Dec 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: That was unbelievable.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (18 Dec 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (18 Dec 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: That is a core payment in my view but the Minister does not believe it is. A respite care grant is a core payment, particularly for the 5,000 families who receive the respite care grant and get no further assistance from the State. If we are to talk about finance, the economy and the banks, about which the Minister spoke at length in her contribution, I would point out that she did not...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (18 Dec 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: I thank the Minister for coming before the House to introduce the Social Welfare Bill. As was the case last year, I wish to begin by stating that - like every one of her predecessors in the Department of Social Protection - she has a difficult job. My colleagues and I fully acknowledge that fact. I am quite disappointed by some of what the Minister said. I do not believe that carers,...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (18 Dec 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: The Minister indicated that she has received a vast number of representations from carers' organisations, disability groups, families and charities such as Barnardos. In that context, we are living in the here and now. I do not want to waste the eight minutes available to me. However, I wish to state that I will stand over the introduction of the respite care grant by Fianna Fáil in 1999....

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (18 Dec 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: The Senator should just stop and listen for a moment. The matters to which I refer are ones over which I will stand. It must be stated, however, that people outside the House and I are concerned about what the Minister is doing now. There is one positive I will take from what the Minister said, namely, that she is going to bring forward the expert report relating to how we can manage child...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (18 Dec 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: I did not interrupt the Minister and she will have the opportunity to respond. I was very surprised by her comments in this regard. I will not refer to the promises the Minister and her colleagues made either during the general election campaign or in the programme for Government. I will merely ask her one question. If a member of a party other than hers had introduced a Social Welfare...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (18 Dec 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: I would love to go with the Minister the next time.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (18 Dec 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: The Minister should stop raising this comparison. It is not relevant.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (18 Dec 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: I wish to raise a point of order.