Results 21,261-21,280 of 26,293 for speaker:Darragh O'Brien
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: Senator Gilroy was a Fianna Fáil man once.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: Take it outside.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: On a point of order, the Senator has abused his position by what he has said. Unless he has something to say that is relevant to the Order of Business then he should sit down.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: Senator Kelly keeps referring-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: The Acting Chairman must extend protection to Members around here.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: That was a big surprise.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: I was waiting for the Leader to finish before deciding. I withdraw the amendment. I accept that the Minister for Health, Deputy Leo Varadkar, will be here at 5 p.m. today and I will certainly be here.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: At the request of the House.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: That is fine.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Feb 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: I congratulate the Irish cricket team on a fantastic victory this morning. It was very hard fought and follows its win against the West Indies last week. The Irish cricket team has not received any capital funding from this Government. We need a few extra quid to finish our ground in Malahide. This is the perfect time for the Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Tourism and...
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Feb 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: I thank the Senator. Later today we will have a debate on the health service, tabled by my party. I hope the Minister for Health, Deputy Varadkar, will take it. Some of his comments on Tony O’Connell’s letter about-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Feb 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: The former national director of acute hospitals in the Health Service Executive, HSE, who no longer works within the HSE-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Feb 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: I refer to the letter from the HSE on the report of the number of wards taken up because there are no proper step-down facilities in place. Last September, there were 703 delayed discharges from hospitals. That is equivalent to 30 wards remaining unavailable to people who need those beds, many of which are acute beds. We have discussed this time and again over the past three and a half...
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Feb 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: We will not have a debate specifically on this issue. I suggest to the Leader that we have a public consultation session in the Seanad on this area. That has worked very well before. The local authorities have a role in this with regard to housing adaptation grants and various things that can be done and fixed very quickly without much money. It is important. We are not getting...
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Feb 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: It is our international grounds.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Feb 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: At least I am consistent.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Feb 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: What is it for? It is not capital funding.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Feb 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: The Government has not given it any capital backing.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Feb 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: Please God. The Leader should use his good offices to ensure it happens.
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Feb 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: That is a breath of fresh air from the Government side. In the short to medium-term, can a debate be arranged on public procurement and the involvement of Irish businesses, in particular indigenous businesses, in State contracts? The reason I ask is that I published a Bill last week which I intend to move in our next Private Members' time. It relates to improving access for Irish...