Results 21,341-21,360 of 26,293 for speaker:Darragh O'Brien
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: Senator Cullinane is entitled to ask.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: We were sold a pup.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: If the Senator has a friend, she can get on it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: All of it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: It is all of it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: That is rubbish.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: None of our newspapers will probably print anything anyhow.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2015)
Darragh O'Brien: I welcome everyone back. It is good to see Senators back after the recess. I wish to raise a few items with the Leader. In regard to the proposed new rules on deposits for residential mortgages, which have not been formally announced but have been discussed, and in respect of which Professor Honohan of the Central Bank seems set on sticking to a 20% minimum deposit requirement, Fianna...
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Dec 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: The Minister of State can suggest what he likes.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Dec 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: To briefly conclude, all I asked for is that Irish Water shall be subject to a full review by the Comptroller and Auditor General. Unfortunately, the Minister of State has not convinced me otherwise. Any reasonable person watching this debate would say that would be a good thing; cutting through all the nonsense and differences, they would say that would be good and that they would like the...
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Dec 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: Yes.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Dec 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: It does; that is exactly it.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Dec 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: It cannot be done under the legislation.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Dec 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: It is not possible. The Senator has obviously not read the Bill.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Dec 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: Senator Gilroy has clearly not read the Bill because he does not understand what he is talking about.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Dec 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: No, it would not; that is the problem. There is no forum for-----
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Dec 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: If we want to audit and have oversight over Irish Water, surely to God the best people to do that is the Comptroller and Auditor General on behalf of the State's investment in this company.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Dec 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: Otherwise, are we saying we are happy enough to have KPMG or PwC - the usual punters which have audited the banks over the years - employed by Irish Water to audit its accounts? Those accounts will then go to the line Minister at the time, who appoints the board of Irish Water. This will be to whomever is the Minister. Long after this Government is gone, there will be other Ministers....
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Dec 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: I have given the Minister of State other parts of it - that audited accounts-----
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Dec 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: The Minister of State said it was unnecessary, did he not?