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Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: That is not a point of order.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Senator Mark Daly did not name anyone.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Senator Ivana Bacik is sensitive about the issue. I wonder why.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: It was an example.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: It does not answer the question about the advertising of posts.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Senator Mark Daly seconded it.

Seanad: Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Nov 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: The Minister of State can wait until Thursday.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: I wish to raise an issue in a non-political way and to put on record my grave concern and that of my party at the manner in which the proposed inquiry into the death of Savita Halappanavar is proceeding. All of us would be concerned that Mr. Halappanavar has said that he will not engage with the HSE investigation. That must be taken on board by the Minister for Health. We had a situation...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Second Stage (21 Nov 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: As my colleague, Senator Byrne, said earlier, we support this Bill. I acknowledge the complexity of the situation and there was no way that the Minister, with the best will in the world, could have drafted legislation that would have been a silver bullet for everybody's debt issues. It does not cover everything and I am disappointed with some areas in it, but I believe the Oireachtas can...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: I ask the Leader to convey to the Government our deep dissatisfaction at the selective leaking of the report by the expert group on how the State is to proceed on the abortion issue. The Cabinet is considering the issue today, and rightly so. I am calling for a reasoned, respectful debate on the issue which I am certain we will have in the House, but I am gravely concerned and annoyed at...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: We are not having the debate now.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: We have not seen the report.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Yes. That is the problem.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Report to us instead of the media.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: We should have it now.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: What is the Senator talking about? She is propping up a health Minister who should have been gone months ago. Is she joking? The Minister of State resigned as a result. The party sacrificed Deputy Róisín Shortall. She had no patience either. Is the Senator kidding me, for God's sake?

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: One will never take the múinteoir out of the Senator.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Filed under "M" for miscellaneous.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Why?