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Seanad: Order of Business (13 Mar 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: The Senator cannot do that.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: With regard to statements on the fiscal compact, our group, as agreed, submitted a list of speakers to try to ensure Members would be given additional time if there were not enough speakers, rather than being cut off after five minutes. Will the Deputy Leader check the position following the Order of Business, as it might be possible to facilitate Members in this way? The Oireachtas Library...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: The Minister of State, Deputy Brian Hayes should come into the House and if he fails to do so, I will oppose the Order of Business every single day. I will disrupt the business of this House until this happens because the people have a right to know what the Government intends to do to ensure they can be safe in the knowledge that the roof over their heads will not be taken away from them...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: The Keane report has been available to the Government since September.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: There is no time left on this issue.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: There is no time. Does the Senator want to tell this to the man who had his house repossessed yesterday for arrears of €50,000?

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Tell him the Government is doing something.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: There is a lack of policy and action.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Perhaps he will support my call for the Minister of State, Deputy Brian Hayes, to come into the House.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Well done. The Senator is on message. That will solve many problems.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: What about inviting the Minister of State, Deputy Brian Hayes, or the Minister for Finance back to the House?

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: They will not be here to discuss the issue of mortgage arrears.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: No.

Seanad: Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union: Statements (14 Mar 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: I welcome the fact we are debating this issue. It is very important that the true message goes out about the nature of this. While I understand Senator Michael D'Arcy's comments on consequences, I do not think the purpose of the public debate on this should be about what will happen if people do not vote for the treaty. I put it to colleagues that the negotiations that led us to our...

Seanad: Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union: Statements (14 Mar 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: It is not often I agree with her.

Seanad: Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union: Statements (14 Mar 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Excellent. We have moved on.

Seanad: Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union: Statements (14 Mar 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: That is quite all right.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Mar 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: I ask the Deputy Leader how many Ministers are here this week. Earlier in the week those of us in this House mentioned the importance of the events held on St. Patrick's Day and the week in which it falls. The two Houses are sitting this week, but yesterday, for the first time I can recall, the sitting in this House had to be suspended because there was no Minister available to take a...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Mar 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: There was a common trend yesterday. The Seanad adjourned early yesterday and Private Members' business was delayed in Dáil Éireann for 15 minutes because a Minister could not be found. The Government also lost a vote called by the great Deputy Peter Mathews at the finance committee as Fine Gael could not find enough Deputies to vote for it.