Results 3,941-3,960 of 25,732 for speaker:Darragh O'Brien
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: Senator Mullins will delay it by voting against the amendment. If he votes for the amendment we could get it done today.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: The Senator will vote against an amendment today that would bring the Minister in today.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: It is an important issue.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: Senator Mullins will not vote for him.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: Their intelligence services let them down that day.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: What about the Trinity student who claimed to be unemployed?
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: We debated it a few weeks ago.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Feb 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: Which Minister will come to the House to take statements on recent flooding? We had a debate on the matter two weeks ago-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Feb 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: Excellent, the Minister of State with responsibility for the issue. In recent weeks I have asked the Leader to arrange a debate on what the Government calls the local property tax which, as we all know, is not a local property tax because any local authority which has worked out its budget for this year knows that zero euro of the money collected in each area will go to the local...
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Feb 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: If the Government will have the report in April, it should bring it to both Houses in April, after the Cabinet has seen it, and allow us discuss it, transparency in the process, the general public to budget for the rest of the year and have an idea how much water will cost. I understand the Leader cannot tell me today how much it will cost-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Feb 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: -----but I ask for a commitment from the Government that when the report is given to the Cabinet in April, that immediately after the Cabinet meeting it will be published for the general public and debated in the Seanad and the Dáil. I am certain it is not the case that the new reforming Government will hold onto the information until after the local and European elections. I am sure...
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Feb 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Feb 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: We discussed that yesterday at length.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Feb 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: Is that 2015?
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Feb 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: Gabh mo leithscéal. Tá brón orm.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Feb 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: I thank the Leader.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Feb 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: Can we have a debate before the local elections?
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Feb 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: Can we have a debate before the local elections?
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Feb 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: Excellent. I thank the Leader.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Feb 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: Hear, hear.