Results 20,741-20,760 of 26,293 for speaker:Darragh O'Brien
- Seanad: Houses of the Oireachtas (Appointments to Certain Offices) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (20 Jul 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: I thank the Leader for that proposal, which I second. It is a sensible approach. We should take Committee Stage now. I will withdraw the amendment with a view to perhaps retabling it on Report Stage as it would give the Department an opportunity to consider it. The Leader's suggestion is a sensible one, which I support.
- Seanad: Houses of the Oireachtas (Appointments to Certain Offices) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (20 Jul 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: Yes.
- Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: This and the next few sections have been tagged on by the Minister and his colleagues in government to what was a relatively innocuous Bill. They have tried to hide the fact that this part of their fourth attempt to fix the debacle that is Irish Water. It is also no coincidence that the Government has sought to introduce this legislation just before the recess because its plan has always...
- Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: I give you guys an "A" because you have learned very quickly.
- Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: To whom is the Senator referring? As every day and month passes, I wonder what is the point of the Labour Party. What is the point of it being in government because it has protected no one? It has, effectively, been a storm trooper for Fine Gael in ramming through unfair and unjust cuts.
- Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: Yesterday, you guys voted against lone parents and transplant patients. There is, therefore, no way of knowing the depths to which you will not crawl. That is the reality. It is a fact that the Government has tagged on the last few sections to the Bill outlining the further changes it must make in the operation of Irish Water. This section deals with registration with Irish Water and some...
- Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: When one looks at this section in respect of who will become a customer of Irish Water and the passing of data from a landlord about a tenant, there is nothing in it that we can support. I wonder why the Minister did not introduce another water services (amendment) Bill to be clear about what he was doing instead of trying to hide the proposed measures in a miscellaneous provisions Bill....
- Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: The Government is using motor tax to establish Irish Water.
- Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: No, it is not.
- Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: Where did the Senator get that?
- Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: How will they be facilitated?
- Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: I am against these water charges and against Irish Water.
- Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: I can tell Senator Keane there is a completely different reason I am smiling right now.
- Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: Maybe just once in four years. Not every time but maybe just once.
- Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: Well done.
- Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: The Senator's party did not set the bar too high.
- Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: Who is the Senator referring to?
- Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: Is it Eamon Gilmore? Senator Landy said "the man is in the building."