Results 21,201-21,220 of 26,293 for speaker:Darragh O'Brien
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Apr 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: Would it not be better to see it?
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Apr 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Apr 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: It is.
- Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Second Stage (15 Apr 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: I welcome the Minister of State and thank him for outlining the rationale for some of the changes in the Bill. We will not support the Bill. While we are not opposed to the back-to-work family dividend as a key measure of the Bill where families will retain the full qualified child increase, it is important to note that the Government has not gone far enough in some of the measures to row...
- Seanad: Order of Business (2 Apr 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: I ask the Leader to set aside time after the Easter break for a debate on the pyrite scheme with the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Alan Kelly, or the Minister of State, Deputy Paudie Coffey. It was in this Chamber that the first legislation was tabled to deal with the issue. The Seanad has done a great deal of work in that regard and it would be useful...
- Seanad: Order of Business (2 Apr 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: He does not appear to be very vocal on it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (2 Apr 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: It is the 89th piece of legislation we have published.
- Seanad: Order of Business (2 Apr 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: It is good at that. The Leader is right.
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Apr 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: I wish to raise a matter concerning the student gardaí in Templemore. Approximately 300 gardaí have undertaken their training of 104 weeks in total with 32 weeks in Templemore. I am alarmed as I am dealing with a couple of cases at the moment in which the Department of Social Protection is refusing these trainee gardaí the family income supplement, FIS. I believe the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Apr 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: Badly needed.
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Apr 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: The Senator should not forget that the Minister, Deputy Alan Kelly, laid on a train for three people in his constituency. He is well used to looking after his constituents.
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Apr 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: Not true.
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Apr 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: It is.
- Seanad: Order of Business (31 Mar 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: Last week a number of Senators from the Government side and I raised the issue of mortgage variable interest rates and there seems to be broad agreement among colleagues across the House that mortgage holders are being ripped off. I have raised this time and again here in the House. According to the comparison made by my colleague, Deputy Michael McGrath in the Dáil, the variable rates...
- Seanad: Order of Business (31 Mar 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: ----- and all Government tendering. It must be addressed and I ask that the Leader set aside time when Members return after the Easter break to discuss this matter.
- Seanad: Order of Business (31 Mar 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: It is disgraceful.
- Seanad: Order of Business (31 Mar 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: What is the Minister of State, Deputy Ann Phelan, doing about it?
- Seanad: Order of Business (31 Mar 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: That is a stupid thing to say. What is the Senator talking about?
- Seanad: Order of Business (31 Mar 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: That is a load of nonsense. The Senator is missing the point.
- Seanad: Order of Business (31 Mar 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: The Senator is missing the point