Results 4,941-4,960 of 25,799 for speaker:Darragh O'Brien
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Dec 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: No, it would not; that is the problem. There is no forum for-----
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Dec 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: It does; that is exactly it.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Dec 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: The Minister of State can suggest what he likes.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Dec 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: To briefly conclude, all I asked for is that Irish Water shall be subject to a full review by the Comptroller and Auditor General. Unfortunately, the Minister of State has not convinced me otherwise. Any reasonable person watching this debate would say that would be a good thing; cutting through all the nonsense and differences, they would say that would be good and that they would like the...
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Dec 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: Yes.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: I welcome everyone back. It is good to see Senators back after the recess. I wish to raise a few items with the Leader. In regard to the proposed new rules on deposits for residential mortgages, which have not been formally announced but have been discussed, and in respect of which Professor Honohan of the Central Bank seems set on sticking to a 20% minimum deposit requirement, Fianna...
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: None of our newspapers will probably print anything anyhow.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: We were sold a pup.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: If the Senator has a friend, she can get on it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: All of it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: It is all of it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: That is rubbish.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: Senator Cullinane is entitled to ask.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jan 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: I thank the Leader for outlining the business of the day. As he mentioned, Fianna Fáil Members have a Private Members' motion relating to Irish Water and water services in this country. I ask people to have a look at what the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Alan Kelly, stated in the debate prior to Christmas. This will afford people time to...
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jan 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: We have made ours already.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jan 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: Yes.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jan 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: An amendment has been tabled on No. 2 in the names of Senators Power and Wilson, which I believe is in good faith and will help the inquiry. I hope the Government will see its way to accepting it, although I am sure the Minister will address that at the correct time. I wish to raise the issue of the potential sale of the Government's stake in Aer Lingus and the takeover approach that is...
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jan 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: We kept 25%.
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: I thank the Leader for facilitating the statements on Aer Lingus. It is only half an hour, but it is a start, and I will talk about that in a minute. On my own behalf and on behalf of the Fianna Fáil group in the Seanad, I condemn the protest, for want of a better phrase, that President Higgins was confronted with and the abuse that was hurled at him.
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: It is a disgrace. President Higgins is our Head of State. These people, who were, apparently, protesting on behalf of workers, what they said to him and the manner in which they went about their protest was disgusting and despicable. The President represents all the people of Ireland, as a custodian of our Constitution. He had no choice but to sign the water services legislation. That is...