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Seanad: Order of Business (26 Oct 2011)

Darragh O'Brien: Not really.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Oct 2011)

Darragh O'Brien: It is to privatise the health system. That is what the Government is doing.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Oct 2011)

Darragh O'Brien: The bearded ones in the unions are not happy at the moment with this.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Oct 2011)

Darragh O'Brien: That is what it is.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Oct 2011)

Darragh O'Brien: Senator Bacik has had 24 hours to prepare something she should have said yesterday. She obviously watched it back and realised what was said.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Oct 2011)

Darragh O'Brien: That is ridiculous.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Oct 2011)

Darragh O'Brien: That is not a point of order.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Oct 2011)

Darragh O'Brien: No, we did not.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Oct 2011)

Darragh O'Brien: I give a guarded welcome to the moves towards a resolution in the EU with the decision and agreement yesterday to deal with the Greek situation. Yesterday evening, the Minister of State with responsibility for European affairs, Deputy Creighton, confirmed the issue of debt write-down and burden sharing for Ireland was not even on the agenda. What is the Government's position on this? The...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Oct 2011)

Darragh O'Brien: I will. I remind the Members opposite that a senior Minister of the current Government stated not one red cent more would go into the banks until burden sharing was on the agenda. Will the Leader clarify whether the Taoiseach or the Irish delegation raised any matters yesterday relating to burden sharing and writing down of Irish sovereign debt, in particular the banking debt? My next...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Oct 2011)

Darragh O'Brien: How many of the posts have been filled? Does the Minister intend to hold back further special needs assistant posts next year?

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Oct 2011)

Darragh O'Brien: What about the 475 posts held back unilaterally by the Minister, Deputy Quinn?

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Oct 2011)

Darragh O'Brien: You are in government now. It is your job.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Oct 2011)

Darragh O'Brien: If she is not able for it, she should not be there. It is as simple as that.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Oct 2011)

Darragh O'Brien: All that she will be able to do is throw back the same garbage every day.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Oct 2011)

Darragh O'Brien: How many of those posts are being filled?

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Oct 2011)

Darragh O'Brien: We obviously hit a nerve.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Oct 2011)

Darragh O'Brien: We did last year what the Taoiseach did not do last night.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Oct 2011)

Darragh O'Brien: I think she has lost the run of herself.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Oct 2011)

Darragh O'Brien: On a genuine point of order, every Member of the House knows that he or she can table an amendment to the Order of Business. Maybe they are not doing so because some of their colleagues are not there to second such an amendment.