Results 2,901-2,920 of 26,783 for speaker:Darragh O'Brien
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: I think the Deputy Leader is abusing her position to some degree.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: It is a sensitive issue and it is not appropriate for the Deputy Leader to use the response to a request for a debate to expand upon her own point of view.
- Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (18 Apr 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: What is important in any democracy is that one listens to debate. I listened with interest to the argument of Senators David Norris and John Crown in this regard which can be teased out further on Committee and Report Stages. For the reasons outlined by Senators David Norris, John Crown and Mary White, we will oppose the Bill on Second Stage.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: Will the Leader outline the rationale for the Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, deciding tomorrow at the Bank of Ireland AGM to abstain from voting on the remuneration packages of the board of directors and senior executives, such as Mr. Boucher, who will be paid a package of €910,000, and the governor of the Bank of Ireland, whose package will be in the region of €500,000,...
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: Senator Paul Coghlan has a track record in speaking on banks. Perhaps he can tell me why the Government, on behalf of the Irish people, has no opinion on bankers' pay in Bank of Ireland.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: Certainly, many Deputies in the Lower House and Government colleagues in the Seanad rightly raised, time and again, concerns about directors' and executive pay in the banks. When Government gets an opportunity to put forward its view on the levels of pay in the banks, all I want to know is why Deputy Noonan, on behalf of the Fine Gael-Labour Party Government, abstains from voting. It makes...
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: No, because I ask the Leader to give a commitment that in the coming weeks he will set aside some time for a proper serious debate on adult mental health services with the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, who is responsible for this area.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: Not again.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: We did not own the banks.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: We had no stake in the banks.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: What is your point? We did not have any stake in the banks.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: Could Senator Harte tell me why he is not voting on it tomorrow?
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: He is addressing all his comments to me. It is very unfair.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: Why would I have raised-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: I raised the issue.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: No.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: Senator Harte is in government so could he tell me why he is not voting on this tomorrow?
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: I do respect the Chair.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: Senator Harte is losing the run of himself.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: I do not even know what he is talking about.