Results 25,981-26,000 of 26,666 for speaker:Darragh O'Brien
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: The Government promised-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: I cannot keep up with the number of promises the Government has already broken and it is only in government for five months.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: Really. Is that right?
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: The Government is not doing a good job of it, if that is what it thinks.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: I will not talk about the Tánaiste. I am sure colleagues will raise that.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: The Senator voted for it. Did she sleepwalk into it?
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: With the Minister for Finance.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: It is handing over---
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: People who paid thousands of euro for their houses will hand them over to local authorities-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: -----which cannot even manage their housing stock as it is.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: It was not.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: We brought in a code of conduct that applied across the board.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: It is most important that we have a debate on this issue.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: Senator Healy Eames does not like the truth.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Oct 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: Approximately three weeks ago in the House I raised the issue of the ongoing review at Aviva. I now understand from reports that Aviva is looking to shed anything from 800 to 1,000 posts in this country. At the time I asked what contact the Government had with Aviva. Has the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Bruton, been in contact with that company? Last week, the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Oct 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: Ask the Leader.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Oct 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: The Senator had got so far.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Oct 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: I am glad the Cathaoirleach allowed the Adjournment matter tabled by my colleague, Senator Byrne, regarding the James Connolly Memorial Hospital in Blanchardstown. I remind Members that this is the hospital where, only two weeks ago, the Minister, Deputy Reilly, saw fit to open for a second time a unit that had been opened by the late Mr. Brian Lenihan, former Minister for Finance. It is...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Oct 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: That is all it was, a stunt, and it will be shown to be so.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Oct 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: That was before my time. I was in school then.