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Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: She voted in favour of it in this House.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: She walked through the lobbies.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: I am merely asking the Deputy Leader to set the record straight. The Labour Party supports the ongoing bank guarantee.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 May 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Most Members will agree this week has been an historic one for the Houses of the Oireachtas, in particular the Seanad. Our Taoiseach found where the Seanad Chamber was and saw fit to address members of other jurisdictions in the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly, which, by the way, I very much welcome, and yet he has not seen fit in 14 months to come to the House to speak to Members of...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 May 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: This is important and I am trying to give background to the Members because Senators on the other side of the House have rightly raised this issue also. I want to give an example because perhaps people did not understand me last week.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 May 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: If someone is arrested in Malahide three gardaí plus the squad car will have to drive not to Coolock because the cells there have been condemned but to Ballymun. This means three full-time gardaí will be taken out of their jurisdiction. This is nonsense.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 May 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: The PricewaterhouseCoopers report lists 400 Garda stations to be downsized or closed. I remind the House I will table an amendment to the Order of Business to call on the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Shatter, to come to the House today to explain to its Members his plans for policing in the country.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 May 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: I was not being personnel about the Taoiseach, I pointed out that his engagements have not brought him here so far.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 May 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: I was not.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 May 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: You met the Taoiseach here, which was nice.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 May 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: That would be the Taoiseach's bi-annual visit to the Seanad Chamber.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 May 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Go away out of that. The Senator is really stretching it.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 May 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: The Senator's party has been in government for 15 months. Would she give me a break?

Seanad: Order of Business (15 May 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Could Ministers not have done that?

Seanad: Order of Business (15 May 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: That is the best way to abrogate responsibility I have ever heard.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 May 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Yes.

Seanad: Mortgage Arrears: Statements, Questions and Answers (15 May 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: I welcome the Minister of State. I recognise the work he is doing in this regard and in the many areas of his portfolio and wish him continued success because he has been to the forefront of a number of difficult issues with which the Government has had to deal. I was pleased he recognised the frustration the public and Members feel at the slowness of this. It is a complex issue which...

Seanad: Mortgage Arrears: Statements, Questions and Answers (15 May 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Their advice will not be binding. That is the problem. They will not be arbiters. They will not have an arbitration role - that is the problem.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: I would like to ask a question about the proposed change to tomorrow's business. Can the Deputy Leader confirm whether the Taoiseach will come to the House for the one-hour debate on the recent meeting of the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly? As I said yesterday, the Taoiseach rightly saw fit to come to the Seanad Chamber to address members of other parliaments from other jurisdictions,...