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Seanad: Food Wastage: Motion (15 Feb 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: You are very mean.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: The debate last week on the Private Members' motion on investment in education was useful and many good contributions were made. Have Government Members been briefed by the Minister for Education and Skills on the outcome of the review of DEIS schools and the proposed cuts to be made in disadvantaged schools? I note Senator Ivana Bacik's colleague, Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordán, said at a...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Did the Senator receive a briefing note from the Minister on DEIS schools?

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: I would have thought the Senator, being a senior person in the Labour Party, would have been briefed in advance of Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Very guarded.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: It is still sitting there. That is why we need a debate.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Is there any sign of the establishment of the strategic investment bank?

Seanad: HSE National Service Plan: Statements, Questions and Answers (14 Feb 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: I welcome the Minister. I do not think I have had an opportunity before now to congratulate him publicly, although I have done so personally, on his elevation, as one north County Dublin man to another. He now understands how difficult it is to be Minister for Health and perhaps he has some sympathy for his predecessor, Mary Harney, on whom he was particularly hard from time to time,...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: I thank the Leader for his clarification on that matter. Deputy Ó Ríordáin must have attended the briefing on his own.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: It also has been raised by the Minister of State, Deputy Creighton, Deputy Mathews and other Fine Gael Members.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: I sense a U-turn coming on.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: We never said it was a bad thing.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Who said it was a bad thing?

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Senators Gilroy and Keane are very precious this morning.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: An excellent website.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: "Raw" is about a restaurant.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: To be fair, the debate was only for one hour and Members only had one minute to contribute.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: The Labour Party voted against that legislation in the last Dáil.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: I thank the Leader for the meeting yesterday. There was a very good meeting of group leaders on having a structured debate on the fiscal compact. It is very welcome. The initiative involving a briefing from the Oireachtas Library will help to inform the House and the public debate. I thank the Leader very much for this and for allowing for the return of the Minister of State, Deputy...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: I ask the Leader that-----