Results 541-560 of 25,732 for speaker:Darragh O'Brien
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Sep 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: That is a fact.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Sep 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: Is Senator Coghlan not here? He has been gone all day.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Sep 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: The leader may have heard the news this morning of potential job losses in Aviva, which news has been in the ether for some months. Aviva's location of its European headquarters in Dublin three years, which did not create a massive amount of jobs, was seen at the time as a statement of intent in regard to the company's operation in Ireland. The Leader might recall that approximately six...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Sep 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: Motion No. 4 is much clearer.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Sep 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: As we did.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Sep 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: We still do not know whether we are going to support the Palestinian call.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Sep 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: Where is he?
- Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Sep 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: It is not; we have been asking every week for him to come here.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Sep 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: The present Minister negotiated a consultants' contract when he was president of the Irish Medical Organisation-----
- Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Sep 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: -----which is the biggest problem the country has.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Sep 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: The Senator should support the amendment to the Order of Business and have the Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly, attend the House another day.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Sep 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: The other state is robbing land from the Palestinians.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Sep 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: Is there anything wrong with the non-Government motion No. 4?
- Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Sep 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: Non-Government motion No. 4 is also there.
- Seanad: Reporting of Lobbying in Criminal Legal Cases Bill 2011: Second Stage (21 Sep 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: It was John Bruton - another Meath man.
- Seanad: Reporting of Lobbying in Criminal Legal Cases Bill 2011: Second Stage (21 Sep 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: I welcome this discussion of the Bill and I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy O'Dowd to the House. He did not make the statement earlier and I am certain that the Minister of State, Deputy Lynch, did not write the response. There are elements in this response which are, frankly, insulting and beggar belief. I refer to the Minister of State's contribution which states: The suggestion...
- Seanad: Twenty-Ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Judges' Remuneration) Bill 2011: Second Stage (21 Sep 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: It has been reported in the media that a number of judges have indicated their intention to retire although this is not to say this will be as a result of the referendum. Has the Department received any indication of the number of judges who are due to retire between now and next February? Are the media reports true? Following on from the point made by Senator Cullinane, how will the...
- Seanad: Twenty-Ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Judges' Remuneration) Bill 2011: Second Stage (21 Sep 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: Yes.
- Seanad: Twenty-Ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Judges' Remuneration) Bill 2011: Second Stage (21 Sep 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: That is true.
- Seanad: Twenty-Ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Judges' Remuneration) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (21 Sep 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: In accordance with the Order of the House today, Committee Stage will be taken now. Before Committee Stage commences, I would like to deal with a procedural matter relating to Bills to amend the Constitution. The substance of the debate on Committee Stage relates to the wording of the proposed constitutional amendment, which is contained in the Schedule to the Bill. The sections of the...