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Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)

Darragh O'Brien: Only 500,000 people have returned the documentation out of 1.2 million. The whole thing is a debacle. The Government might as well shut it down, suspend any further charging and try to get this right. Most people want water conserved and want a fair system, with which I would agree. However, the situation is going from bad to worse and it will not get any better unless the Government...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)

Darragh O'Brien: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)

Darragh O'Brien: Yes, Senator Higgins will second it.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)

Darragh O'Brien: Terrible.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)

Darragh O'Brien: I thought the Senator was part of the new generation.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)

Darragh O'Brien: He is just trotting out the line his leader gave.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)

Darragh O'Brien: Not just members.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)

Darragh O'Brien: Does that include Gerry Adams?

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)

Darragh O'Brien: That is not true.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)

Darragh O'Brien: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)

Darragh O'Brien: Yes.

Seanad: European Stability Mechanism (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (21 Oct 2014)

Darragh O'Brien: On a point of order, I do not believe we are taking all Stages today. We are only dealing with Second Stage.

Seanad: European Stability Mechanism (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (21 Oct 2014)

Darragh O'Brien: I am terribly sorry. I will sit down.

Seanad: European Stability Mechanism (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (21 Oct 2014)

Darragh O'Brien: Perhaps I should leave now.

Seanad: European Stability Mechanism (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (21 Oct 2014)

Darragh O'Brien: I thank the Acting Chairman for the lesson in how I should conduct myself. I thank the Minister who is very welcome the House on Second Stage of the Bill, the Remaining Stages of which will be completed during the week. My party supports fully the legislation which provides the technical basis for the recapitalisation of banks within the eurozone. It is complex but it was announced in the...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2014)

Darragh O'Brien: Colleagues may remember a very worthy fund-raising campaign that was all over Facebook during the summer, namely the ice bucket challenge, in which thousands of people participated. Last night I noted that a new campaign has started on Facebook which probably marks the beginning of the end of water charges. People are now nominating each other to burn their Irish Water packs. That campaign...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2014)

Darragh O'Brien: No, on Facebook. Fewer than 500,000 people have submitted their information. News of major data protection breaches by Irish Water was verified last night. Ten cases involving individuals' personal bank details being sent to third parties have gone to the Data Protection Commissioner. The reason for all of this is because the Government tried to set up a utility without allowing enough...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2014)

Darragh O'Brien: The Government has to realise it is not going to get its way. Instead of blaming executives and staff in Irish Water, it should take responsibility for the cack-handed way in which it tried to establish the company over the advice of independent consultants. As Senator O'Donnell called for yesterday, the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government needs to come into the...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2014)

Darragh O'Brien: I apologise but this is important. I am calling on Sinn Féin - because I am sure it has not done it - to clarify whether the Garda Síochána and the PSNI are aware of the names of all the people that the IRA interrogated and sent away from their communities, including paedophiles and sex offenders. There could be people living in communities in Dublin, Cork, Monaghan, Belfast...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2014)

Darragh O'Brien: This is something that needs to be dealt with as a matter of urgency and I call on Sinn Féin to give its commitment that it will provide the list of people it dealt with or against whom accusations were made to the proper authorities both in the North of Ireland and in the Republic.