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Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Is the Senator joking?

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: That is it. We must be quiet so.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: The Senator is missing the point completely.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Is it okay for a report to be leaked?

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: That is not what we said.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Why is that?

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Logarithmic, algorithmic, logistic or were they just changed an hour before?

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: The Leader should read them again.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: The Leader is standing over stroke politics.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: The information does not make any more sense the second time around.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: We listened to them the first time. They do not sound any better the second time around.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Does the Leader believe that? He should tell us what really happened.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: On a point of order, will the Leader read the criteria applied by the former Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Róisín Shortall?

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: I ask the Leader to schedule time for a debate on adult mental health services. I raised the issue last week when I used the example of the Curam clinic in Swords in north County Dublin which I visited on 16 November. There are strong rumours abounding that there will be a 10% cut in the budget for adult mental health services. While there is no question but that the Government has tough...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: It is about home help.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Will the Senator remind me about the promises in the programme for Government - "No cuts to home help services"? Does he remember that?

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: I thank the Leader.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Nov 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: It is easy to understand today the reason the Taoiseach set up an Economic Management Council and did not believe it was appropriate to bring any of the Cabinet in on his budgetary discussions. A Cabinet meeting was held yesterday and today we all learn from the Irish Independent the full make-up of the property tax the Government is proposing to introduce next week. That is remarkable...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Nov 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: -----they will leak all of it. Senator Coghlan might be interested to hear that my party has put forward an alternative budget which shows-----

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Nov 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: -----how we can raise the ¤3.5 billion through cuts and tax increases without-----