Results 5,281-5,300 of 25,799 for speaker:Darragh O'Brien
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: That the statements take place after the vote happens in the Dáil makes the statements irrelevant, because the decision will have been made. That is pathetic and it is the fault of the Government, not the Cathaoirleach, for listing the business that way.
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: It is to bring forward the statements so that they are taken directly after the Order of Business.
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: The Leader can, but it would have been helpful if we had scheduled-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: I thank the Leader. In fairness, people need to know where different groups stand on this issue.
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: My amendment is that No. 3abe taken after the Order of the Business. It is a grave disappointment to us that the Seanad will still not have a voice because the motions have been ruled out.
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: We should be voting on those motions.
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: He is benefiting from the sale.
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: Can we have any Minister?
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: They have enough of them.
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: Then let us have the debate.
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: Is it up to 2 o’clock or 2.30 p.m.?
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: I will withdraw it. I thank the Leader for going some way towards accommodating it. It is disappointing we do not have a Minister. I am not expecting the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Paschal Donohoe, to attend but the Government has a truckload of other Ministers and Ministers of State, all of whom should have an interest in what happens with Aer Lingus.
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: I am happy with the Leader.
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: I am and I thank the Leader for varying today’s business. We will see how it goes.
- Seanad: Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Statements (28 May 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: I thank the Leader for amending the Order of Business. However, I wish to put on the record of the House that we are debating without any Minister or Minister of State in attendance. The Leader and other Members will be aware that I live and I have grown up beside Dublin Airport. I have spent my whole life there and I know families, friends, members of my own family and work colleagues who...
- Seanad: Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Statements (28 May 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: I will deal with that point in a moment. The Senator may not have been here earlier or yesterday. The reality is that the Fine Gael Party would sell. However, from the perspective of the Labour Party, the number of U-turns its members have done over the past four years means their heads must be spinning. The founders of the Labour Party must be spinning in their graves because of what the...
- Seanad: Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Statements (28 May 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: If the Minister thinks any of these allegedly cast-iron guarantees are going to stand up in the commercial operation of a future Aer Lingus, that is complete nonsense. No one has even explained how the B share will work in reality. The Minister for Finance says there is no veto and the Taoiseach says there is. It is an absolute farce and a mess, brought to us by the Government that created...
- Seanad: Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Statements (28 May 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: The decision will have been taken.
- Seanad: Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Statements (28 May 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: I said Aer Lingus carried 11 million. More came through Dublin Airport.