Results 22,001-22,020 of 26,293 for speaker:Darragh O'Brien
- Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: I want him here.
- Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: Absolutely. Let us organise it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: I will do that.
- Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: I did not say everything I wanted to say.
- Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: He is very fond of travelling to Great Britain. In fairness, he is probably playing to his audience. He is used to doing so. Prince Charles might have been there also.
- Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: Obviously, this is a very important week for the Government as we will have the election of a new Labour Party leader and, more importantly, a Cabinet reshuffle, with new members of the Cabinet and portfolio changes for many Ministers. Without going into detail on the personalities involved, I want to raise one point with the Deputy Leader and receive a commitment on it. I raised this...
- Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: -----unless the soon to be former Labour Party leader and former Tánaiste, Deputy Eamon Gilmore, scuppers Phil's party and ends up in the European Commission and Deputy Phil Hogan remains as Minister, to come into the House in the next two weeks to discuss the Government's position on local government subventions. Be it the current Minister, Deputy Phil Hogan, or whoever else, there...
- Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: It was wrong to debate the main leader, one of the signatories in the 1916 Rising, in such a way. That aside, I ask the Leader to ensure, when we are having debates and discussions in the Seanad in advance of the 2016 commemorations, that Mr. Bruton is invited to clarify his remarks.
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jun 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: Yes.
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jun 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: It might pose some of them difficulties; we might put it down to one.
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jun 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: She has not.
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jun 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: Following on from a number of contributions I and other colleagues, including Senator Gilroy, made this week and over the past 12 to 24 months on the state of adult mental health services, Senators will know that the 2013 annual report on mental health, disability and special needs was published earlier this week and it directly contradicts what the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch,...
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: Talk to the Minister, Deputy James Reilly.
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: Well done, Dr. Noone.
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: I know that but it was on a trial basis.
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: There is a Bill on tobacco this afternoon.
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: Senator Moran could raise many of those issues in the debate on the Bill this afternoon.
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: You are not in the Dáil, Eamonn.
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: If the Senator has not had it done in the past three years, it will not be done now
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: There will be no time for anybody else.