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Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: The four year plan was rejected by the public.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: That was rejected.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: I know the documents.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Was there a specific requirement in the memorandum of understanding to reduce the respite care grant? The Minister is skirting around the question and misrepresenting us.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: I have a question for the Leader. Will the Leader allow an extension of the time for this debate?

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: If it is appropriate for the Leader to extend time, I ask him to do so.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: I am asking formally-----

Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Second Stage (19 Dec 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: I thank the Minister for his detailed explanation of the Bill. It will come as no surprise to the Minister to hear that Fianna Fáil opposes the introduction of the property tax on the basis that it is the wrong time to introduce it and it is the wrong type of property tax. With regard to the theory of broadening the tax base and looking at how a property tax can be equitably applied, I...

Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Second Stage (19 Dec 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Says the Wexford man.

Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Second Stage (19 Dec 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: It is an anti-Dublin tax.

Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Second Stage (19 Dec 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: It should be a site value tax.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Yes, damn it. I was going to go for him but I cannot do it now.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: I will be nice at the start, anyhow. Genuinely, I concur with the Leader's remarks and wish all my colleagues in the House a very happy Christmas. We have had a decent year. We have not agreed on everything, or we have hardly agreed on anything, probably, but the debates that have happened through this House have, in the main, been respectful. I respect everyone's views here. We...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: That is not as circulated earlier in the week. We have a number of amendments on the property tax Bill, which, as I said on Second Stage yesterday, is an anti-Dublin and anti-urban Bill. I have put on the record of the House my views and that of my party that we oppose this Bill. Unfortunately, I will have to oppose the Order of Business on the basis that the Leader is bringing in a...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: I was concerned that some Members were questioning why I and other members of my party and members of the Opposition were raising concerns about the carer's grant cut. It is a genuinely held belief. We disagree with it completely. They do not have to agree with our position but what I will not accept is Members in this House questioning why we would actually oppose this cut, and also...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Do that.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: I have not.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: It is about their decisions.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: To be fair, there is more than one public interest director. The Senator has mentioned only one.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: The Cathaoirleach has ruled many times that we should not mention people who are not in the House.