Results 3,481-3,500 of 25,732 for speaker:Darragh O'Brien
- Seanad: Budget 2014: Statements (15 Oct 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: Yes. Go ahead.
- Seanad: Budget 2014: Statements (15 Oct 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: I am glad the Senator read my speech-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: Yesterday we debated the provisions of the latest budget brought forward by Fine Gael and the Labour Party. I welcomed some aspects of the budget and pointed out the many which are deeply troubling. We will have an opportunity to debate those provisions further when the Social Welfare and Pensions Bill comes before the House. Can the Leader indicate a provisional timetable for when that...
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: The Government is trying to take a further €133 million out of------
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: Their cards have been taken off them this year.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: What is fair?
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: We do not mention them at all.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: You are always good at protecting the wealthy.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: That is a bit rich coming from Senator Gilroy given how the Labour Party broke its promises.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: Will the Acting Leader ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Phil Hogan, to clarify whether the €10 million announced for the pyrite resolution fund will, as we are now hearing, be closer to €50 million over two years? If correct, the increased allocation is a welcome development. Will the Acting Leader also ask the Minister when he...
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: Our debate on the social welfare Bill will be an honest one and I will be interested to hear people's views. There are no easy decisions. Talking about this budget being progressive is ironic. When the ESRI and the OECD examined the two previous budgets of this Government, they found them to be the most regressive of the past six tough budgets. I put it to Members that this one is even...
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: I will conclude on this important point. Mr. Tony O'Brien and Deputy James Reilly cannot stand over these figures and they cannot tell me or, more importantly, the citizens-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: I have asked for a debate and for a commitment that, when the service plan is published, a full debate takes place with the Minister for Health in this House. What specifically is the figure for savings in the Department of Health next year? Is it €666 million, is it €1 billion or is it somewhere in the middle? We have the unprecedented situation where the Minister for Health...
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: It is € 3.1 billion, actually
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: It ran quite well then.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: Is the Senator reading puff from her party's press office? All her party members seem to be on message about this.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: I am terribly sorry. The Senator might give me a copy of her note from the press office when she finishes.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: Plain?
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)
Darragh O'Brien: Where is it coming from? The answer is the Labour Party.