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Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2014)

Darragh O'Brien: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2014)

Darragh O'Brien: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2014)

Darragh O'Brien: It is not.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2014)

Darragh O'Brien: Senator Coghlan should keep all this stuff in-house. We have no need to hear it. It should be among the Members concerned.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2014)

Darragh O'Brien: There are two parties in the Government and there are two Whips. Senator Coghlan cannot do it all himself.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2014)

Darragh O'Brien: The Senator should speak the truth. We heard him on radio.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2014)

Darragh O'Brien: The Cathaoirleach has been generous, so I will be brief.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2014)

Darragh O'Brien: Local authorities which reduce the local property tax should not be penalised by central Government by way of a cut to the their Exchequer subvention. Taking Fingal County Council as an example, the €40 million it will collect from the property tax should be additional to the funds it receives from Government. To reiterate, I am calling for the immediate publication of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2014)

Darragh O'Brien: Well done.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2014)

Darragh O'Brien: Well said.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2014)

Darragh O'Brien: Ordering the business of the House in recent weeks has been akin to waiting for a bus - one might wait for hours only for six Bills to be brought before it on the same day. There is agreement across the House on the way this and successive Governments have ordered business towards the end of term. This is not a criticism of the Leader; rather, Departments must get their act together.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2014)

Darragh O'Brien: What would people in County Kerry know about buses? I am not thinking of ourselves in trying to table amendments but of the staff of the Houses. Last week we held particularly good debates with the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Richard Bruton, whom I am pleased has retained his position. I told him that he had done a good job to date. In the first 90 days of term...

Seanad: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2014)

Darragh O'Brien: I will try and see how I get on.

Seanad: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2014)

Darragh O'Brien: It may be allowed in the reformed Seanad.

Seanad: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2014)

Darragh O'Brien: It is not often I find myself in complete disagreement with Senator Barrett. I am pretty stunned by what he has said. If some producers do not like it, that is tough. I firmly stand by the belief that we have an indigenous industry that successive governments have continued to promote, including promoting Ireland as a food island. The Food Harvest 2020 document produced by the former...

Seanad: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2014)

Darragh O'Brien: I am sure I will wake up some day and the reshuffle will be done, hopefully sooner rather than later. The Minister has performed very well in his portfolio - I say that on behalf of the Fianna Fáil grouping in the Seanad. Regardless of who is coming back here on Tuesday, be that the Minister, Deputy Bruton, or the Tánaiste, if Labour gets its way, I will resubmit that amendment on...

Seanad: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2014)

Darragh O'Brien: I will consider the Minister's response before Report Stage on Tuesday, and therefore I withdraw amendment No. 21 and reserve the right to resubmit it on Report Stage.

Seanad: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2014)

Darragh O'Brien: I thank the Minister for his response and will withdraw the amendment.

Seanad: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2014)

Darragh O'Brien: Briefly, I understand the Minister indicated in the Dáil that he would deal with payment periods and so on by way of regulation. Consequently, before Members proceed, I will be interested to hear the Minister's response in this regard, as well as the timeframe in which the Minister intends to publish the aforementioned regulations, obviously subject to the passage of this legislation.

Seanad: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2014)

Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 21: In page 88, between lines 30 and 31, to insert the following:“(r) specify Retention of Title for goods until such time as full payment is received,”.I will be brief. This amendment is clear and proposes to insert between lines 30 and 31 the phrase, "specify Retention of Title for goods until such time as full payment is received", which I consider to be...