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Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2011)

Darragh O'Brien: No, not correct.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2011)

Darragh O'Brien: Why did the Minister not to tell us about the letter?

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2011)

Darragh O'Brien: In that case, the Senator may as well pack her bags and go home to Galway.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2011)

Darragh O'Brien: Physician heal thyself.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2011)

Darragh O'Brien: Was it a private meeting? Will the Senator inform the House what took place?

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2011)

Darragh O'Brien: How is that a point of order?

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2011)

Darragh O'Brien: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2011)

Darragh O'Brien: Excellent. Let us hear it.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2011)

Darragh O'Brien: That is not true.

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2011)

Darragh O'Brien: It is not wrong to raise it on the Order of Business.

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2011)

Darragh O'Brien: On a point of order, the Senator did not correct the Order of Business. The Cathaoirleach is the person who presides over the Order of Business.

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2011)

Darragh O'Brien: She did not correct the Order of Business this morning-----

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2011)

Darragh O'Brien: It is a perfectly reasonable time for any Member of the House to raise any issue on the Order of Business.

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2011)

Darragh O'Brien: I ask the Minister to withdraw that.

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2011)

Darragh O'Brien: The Minister has made a statement that calls into question the bona fides of both Senators Mullen and O'Donovan.

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2011)

Darragh O'Brien: I ask the Minister to withdraw those remarks.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2011)

Darragh O'Brien: In welcoming the visit of Nabil Sha'ath, a former Minister for Foreign Affairs in the Palestinian Authority, I mention again the idea raised by Senator Feargal Quinn last week: that we prepare and agree a cross-party motion calling on the Government to support the efforts of the Palestinian Authority to gain recognition for full statehood within the United Nations. Senator Feargal Quinn...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2011)

Darragh O'Brien: The matters should be relevant.

Seanad: Address by President of the European Parliament (12 Jul 2011)

Darragh O'Brien: Cuirim fáilte roimh Uachtarán Buzek go dtí Seanad Éireann agus Éireann. Tá súil agam go mbainfidh sé taitneamh as an turas tábhachtach seo. President Buzek rightly mentioned the issue of co-operation with the European Union. The European Parliament has a very important role to play in that respect. I am asking this question on behalf of this country's mortgage holders, 50,000 of...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jul 2011)

Darragh O'Brien: I thank the Leader for outlining the business. I assume the Finance (No. 3) Bill will be taken by the Minister or the Minister of State, Deputy Brian Hayes. Will the Leader indicate who will come in to take it? Yesterday, I called on the House to support the call of the Palestinian Authority to support it in its quest to have the United Nations formally recognise a Palestinian State based...