Results 21,441-21,460 of 26,293 for speaker:Darragh O'Brien
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Dec 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: Good.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Dec 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: A Fine Gael Government would amend it.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Dec 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: I welcome the Minister to the House. He might have difficulty getting his head through the door on his way out after all the compliments he has received from colleagues on the other side of the House.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Dec 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: I am quite astonished to see Fine Gael and Labour Party Members coming in here with a very scripted, pre-prepared approach which involves having a go at Fianna Fáil-----
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Dec 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: Colleagues opposite are not even talking about the Bill. It is a lot of nonsense. Some of the remarks have been absolutely incredible, including, in particular, those of Senator Mullins and the Leader. There was reference to people in urban areas not having ever paid for water. What a load of rubbish. One need only look at how the property tax was structured as an anti-urban charge to...
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Dec 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: People living in a one-bedroom apartment in Dublin are paying more than the owner of a five-bedroom house in Tipperary. It is a nonsense to say that is fair. I ask Members opposite not to go on with that type of stuff. I recognise that the Minister has rowed back and tried to rectify some of the terrible decisions of his predecessor. Of course, those decisions were made with the agreement...
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Dec 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: He said Fine Gael had made a bags of it. He blamed Phil.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Dec 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: We welcome that.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Dec 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: A plebiscite is different from a referendum.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Dec 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: And Croke Park.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Dec 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: That is a joke.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Dec 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: Here we go.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Dec 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: Is there any other town or village the Senator has not mentioned in east Galway? He should mention it now.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Dec 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: Now, now Michael, do not lose the run of yourself.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Dec 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: We always had water but we did not always have electricity.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Dec 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: The Fine Gael research officers were working overtime writing these speeches. This is good stuff-----
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Dec 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: -----but it is not true.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Dec 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: The Senator's party brought in the exemption on the property tax for anyone with over an acre of land.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Dec 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: Now for a bit of realism.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Dec 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: Do the Senators remember him?