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Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)

Darragh O'Brien: The Government is using motor tax to establish Irish Water.

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)

Darragh O'Brien: No, it is not.

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)

Darragh O'Brien: Where did the Senator get that?

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)

Darragh O'Brien: How will they be facilitated?

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)

Darragh O'Brien: I am against these water charges and against Irish Water.

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)

Darragh O'Brien: I can tell Senator Keane there is a completely different reason I am smiling right now.

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)

Darragh O'Brien: Maybe just once in four years. Not every time but maybe just once.

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)

Darragh O'Brien: Well done.

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)

Darragh O'Brien: The Senator's party did not set the bar too high.

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)

Darragh O'Brien: Who is the Senator referring to?

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)

Darragh O'Brien: Is it Eamon Gilmore? Senator Landy said "the man is in the building."

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2015)

Darragh O'Brien: To clarify, will the Houses of the Oireachtas (Appointments to Certain Offices) Bill adjourn at 2.45 p.m. if it is not finished? Does the Leader intend to carry it over or does he wish to conclude it then?

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2015)

Darragh O'Brien: I thank the Leader. I wish to raise a specific case with the Leader. I would not do this on the Order of Business but for the severity of the case. A constituent made contact with me about a matter that relates to the broader issue of health insurance, health insurance coverage and how health insurance companies such as Aviva deal with their customers. The man's name is Colm Callaghan....

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2015)

Darragh O'Brien: My apologies. He will be well known because the case is public, but I apologise for that. However, my constituent requires life saving medical attention and an operation that is only available in Canada. This has been confirmed by St. Vincent's Hospital. A liver operation is required. The galling matter is that this family has health insurance and the insurance policy document, which I...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2015)

Darragh O'Brien: I worked in the insurance industry myself and I have the policy documents here. We have asked the Minister for Health to assist as best he can. The family wrote to him on 16 July. I will give the Leader the details afterwards and I ask his office to take this case up with the Minister for Health, Deputy Leo Varadkar, who I am sure will be sympathetic. It may be that the State will have to...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2015)

Darragh O'Brien: If this man can raise the money, €200,000, he can get a lifesaving treatment in Canada that is not available in Europe or Ireland. It is groundbreaking surgery. Aviva needs to do the decent thing-----

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2015)

Darragh O'Brien: -----admit the claim and allow this man and his family to travel to Canada to get the treatment and the operation that will save his life. He is 47 years old. As the Leader knows, I do not generally raise specific health cases like this. It is just the week that is in it, because the Dáil is not sitting and we are. I will give him the details. I have written to the Minister, Deputy...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2015)

Darragh O'Brien: The Senator should be used to it at this stage.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2015)

Darragh O'Brien: It must be great to be an Independent.

Seanad: Houses of the Oireachtas (Appointments to Certain Offices) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (20 Jul 2015)

Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 1: In page 4, lines 9 to 13, to delete all words from and including “each of” in line 9 down to and including “Seanad Éireann.” in line 13 and substitute the following: “the office of the Clerk of Dáil Éireann.”. When we debated the Bill last week, the Minister of State, Deputy Harris,...