Results 24,401-24,420 of 26,350 for speaker:Darragh O'Brien

Seanad: School Building Projects (14 Jun 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: The Minister of State said a decision would be made in the coming weeks. Will it be made before the Houses goes into recess? Will the new schools establishment group, as part of the assessment, take into account the many letters of support from community groups and other schools in the area which have expressed their preference that patronage be granted to the VEC? Will the decision be...

Seanad: Business Undertakings (Disclosure of Overpayments) Bill 2012: Second Stage (13 Jun 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: I commend Senator Rónán Mullen for preparing and bringing the Bill before the House. It is an interesting debate and I thank the Minister for his considered and thought provoking response. He has made a fair point in noting the task he faces in reducing the regulatory burden on business, especially the small and medium-sized enterprise sector. In this instance, it is necessary to balance...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh na daltaí, tuismuitheoirí agus múinteoirí ó Ghaelscoil Brian Boróimhe i Sord Cholmcille. I ask the Leader what progress, if any, he or the Deputy Leader made with the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste on the upcoming trial in Bahrain of the 20 doctors who are being tried again in civilian court. I was pleased yesterday that across the House, Members from...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Will the Senator please relax for a minute.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Yesterday, the Taoiseach made a couple of disparaging remarks in the other House in response to my party leader, Deputy Micheál Martin, about the bank guarantee. He misled the House yesterday when he said there was no file, or a file may have been shredded, on the documentary evidence given to the Minister for Finance at the time in respect of the decision that had to be taken to bring...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jun 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: It would be a very good Adjournment debate matter.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jun 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: I have no doubt that will go into the Galway Advertiser straight away.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jun 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: The Leader will agree that this House has a good track record in upholding human rights and highlighting human rights abuses across the world. In that regard, I am honoured to welcome to the Visitors Gallery Dr. Nada Dhaif, one of the Bahraini doctors sentenced to 15 years imprisonment by the regime in that country, simply for providing medical treatment for persons protesting for human...

Seanad: Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jun 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: The Minister has not been contactable for a few weeks now.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jun 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jun 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: The Senator is not shy.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jun 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: What did the Taoiseach say to the Chancellor?

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jun 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: He did not say that.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jun 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: What did the Chancellor say to him?

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jun 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Instead of metro north.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jun 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jun 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: It is a better answer than was given yesterday.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jun 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: The Leader should stop. He gave a very good answer on the special advisers. He should not ruin it.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jun 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Without wishing to sound like a broken record, I have asked on numerous occasions when the Government will publish the pyrite report and its response to it. I am beginning to bore myself with this matter but it is too important to let go. I would remind the Leader that the Government promised to have a report out by the end of March. It then promised to have the report by the end of June,...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jun 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: I ask the Leader to check with the Department of the Taoiseach and to ask the Taoiseach to publish the letter he wrote to the EU Heads of Government and to share the Government's position with the Irish people. What is our negotiating position? If the Taoiseach could not even tell elected Members of the other House yesterday-----