Results 5,601-5,620 of 25,844 for speaker:Darragh O'Brien
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Sep 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: To what is the Senator referring?
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Sep 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: Is Senator O'Donnell the Cathaoirleach?
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Sep 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: What are you talking about? I read it into the record. That is pathetic.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Sep 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: I am glad that after four years the Senator has started to read Standing Orders.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Sep 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: The Senator does not seem to know how the House works.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Sep 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: We are so lucky to have the Senator here.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Sep 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: Is the Senator going to keep referring to me or is she going to ask a question?
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Sep 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: What is the Senator talking about?
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Sep 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: The Seanad was kept despite the Senator.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Sep 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: It is not-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Sep 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: It is an amendment to the Order of Business and not a motion.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Sep 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: It is not about-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Sep 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: The Senator should be careful or Senator O'Donnell will have a go at him.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Sep 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: It is.
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Home Help Service (6 Oct 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. I have raised this matter on a number of occasions. From my file I see that in February 2013, I raised the matter of the two Labour Court recommendations that gratuity payments be made in lieu of pension entitlements to a cohort of home help workers that are funded in the main by the HSE. In the intervening period, we have had some changes in...
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Home Help Service (6 Oct 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: I thank the Minister of State and I appreciate the response. I know it came from the Department and not specifically from herself. However, I am very disappointed with the response and I shall quickly tell her why. I know she will raise the following matter and, in fairness, she has done so before. The HSE and the Department have broken every timeframe up to now.On 9 June I was told the...
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Home Help Service (6 Oct 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: That is much appreciated.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Oct 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: On No. 2, I hate to tell members of the CPP, "I told you so" but there was no way the banking inquiry was going to be able to do its work in the set time and many Members agreed with me at the time.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Oct 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: It was a collective "We told you so". I do not know how this will fit in with the general election, which is proposed for between now and then. It might all be done for nothing. I cannot agree with No. 1 being taken without debate. It relates to the disbursement of the funds from the sale of the Government stake in Aer Lingus, to the tune of €335,272,000.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Oct 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: I am aware that I can do that but I have used every opportunity to argue against what has happened to the retired and deferred pensioners in the Irish aviation superannuation scheme, the airport pensioners, many of whom have lost up to 60% of their pension. All of the retired members, people in their 70s, 80s and 90s, have lost six weeks' pay and are taking a case to Europe as we speak,...