Results 521-540 of 25,732 for speaker:Darragh O'Brien
- Seanad: Innovation at the Heart of the Jobs Challenge: Statements (14 Sep 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: Not really.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Sep 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: I will be strenuously opposing the Order of Business on the basis that the debate on the first Bill to be taken in this session is to be guillotined. This is a Bill that we would probably normally reluctantly support, given that the insurance compensation fund needs to be replenished-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Sep 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: Yes, but the problem is that there is no timeline set in the Bill. An open-ended levy of 2% is to be introduced on all non-life assurance policies and the position is not even to be reviewed. We were talking yesterday about improvements to the way we did our business in the Seanad, yet all Stages of the first finance Bill are to be taken in one day. I am, therefore, strenuously opposing...
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Sep 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: I have rarely, if ever, interrupted the Senator. This is not the way to do business. This is an important Bill which provides for an extra charge for hundreds of thousands of people. The charge is probably necessary to replenish the insurance compensation fund, but this is not the way to do business in the House. I hope we will not see the debate on any further Bills being guillotined in...
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Sep 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: The Senator cannot keep trotting out that garbage. The Labour Party and Fine Gael have a programme for Government and have reneged on practically every promise made.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Sep 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: Does she wish to talk about-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Sep 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: Why is the debate to be guillotined and why is there no timeline?
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Sep 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: The House will push through the legislation in one day.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Sep 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: Will more guillotines be applied?
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Sep 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: As I do.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Sep 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: Yes, that is the reason my party introduced the insurance compensation fund.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Sep 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: What is the Senator talking about?
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Sep 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: Is it just a Fine Gael motion?
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Sep 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: That is not the point. We are concerned about the tabling of amendments.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Sep 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: Today is 15 September.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Sep 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: How many debates on Bills have been guillotined so far in this Seanad?
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Sep 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: Leave it at that.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Sep 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: A fee of â¬50 to start with.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Sep 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: I wish to ask the Leader about the report that HSE west is to write off â¬6 million of funds owed to it by private health insurers, particularly in the context of the pressures the health budget is under. How is it that the HSE is allowed to make a decision to waive â¬6 million owed to the HSE not by private individuals, but by private health insurance companies with large profits? I ask...
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Sep 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: Stop. Everyone will join me in congratulating the Dublin team, Pat Gilroy and Bryan Cullen on a magnificent victory against Kerry. Senator Coghlan is always referring to how Killarney is the capital for tourism, but it is obviously true after this weekend that Dublin is the capital for football.