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Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: I am asking the Leader. I propose an amendment, that No. 2 be taken with debate, that time be allowed today in order that we can tease these things out and in order that I do not have to read about it in the newspapers or hear about it on the radio. This is still a House of the Oireachtas, regardless of what the Government wishes to do. What is ironic about the banking inquiry and what the...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: Why not?

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: We can debate it until 9 p.m.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: It will not be in this inquiry.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: It is not right at all. That would leave out a sizeable part.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: That is why we need to debate this.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Sep 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Sep 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: We do not have time to wait. We need to get rid of the Minister.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Sep 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: This is the third year in a row that this situation has arisen. When the Minister was Opposition health spokesperson for Fine Gael, the only thing one would have thought was wrong with the health service was the fact that he was not in charge of it. It is patently obvious now that one of the main problems with our health service is the fact that the Minister, Deputy Reilly, is in charge of...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Sep 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: Does the Senator have Labour Party "No" posters as well?

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Sep 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: I saw those Labour Party "Yes" posters and I was not sure what side she was on.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Sep 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: I welcome back the Leader and my colleagues. I look forward to an effective and productive session in the Seanad. The recess has not done the Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly, any good. What I was most disgusted about during the recess was the fact that the Government used it to make savage cuts to intellectual and disability services. For example, St. Michael's House serves more than...

Seanad: SI 325 of 2012 - European Union (Quality and Safety of Human Organs Intended for Transplantation) Regulations 2012: Motion (20 Aug 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: There are assemblies in all of those jurisdictions, as well as regional arrangements in France and the Netherlands. The Minister of State, however, is comparing those member states which decided not to have one national transplantation body with the Republic of Ireland with a population of 4.5 million. That is a complete and utter nonsense. In fact, the Minister has set aside the main...

Seanad: SI 325 of 2012 - European Union (Quality and Safety of Human Organs Intended for Transplantation) Regulations 2012: Motion (20 Aug 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: I did not interrupt the Minister of State.

Seanad: SI 325 of 2012 - European Union (Quality and Safety of Human Organs Intended for Transplantation) Regulations 2012: Motion (20 Aug 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: I am glad the Minister put on the record of the House today that the Government will move ahead with appointing donor co-ordinators in each of our trauma centres.

Seanad: SI 325 of 2012 - European Union (Quality and Safety of Human Organs Intended for Transplantation) Regulations 2012: Motion (20 Aug 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: I welcome this statement of Government priority and policy. We will engage with the Government on this.

Seanad: SI 325 of 2012 - European Union (Quality and Safety of Human Organs Intended for Transplantation) Regulations 2012: Motion (20 Aug 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: We will take up the Government’s offer to engage with it on the human tissue Bill. The Minister of State also confirmed the Government did not even give a timeframe for the publication of the heads of the Bill prior to this recall. This recall forced the Minister and his Department to make a cogent argument as to what they were doing with this legislation. In fact, it lit a fire...

Seanad: SI 325 of 2012 - European Union (Quality and Safety of Human Organs Intended for Transplantation) Regulations 2012: Motion (20 Aug 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: I accept I would not want to discuss directives such as European Union (Conservation of Wild Birds (Horn Head to Fanad Head Special Protection Area 004194)) Regulations 2013. However, some people from Fanad may want it debated. The Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Construction) Regulations 2013 were not debated. We might recall the Seanad for that.

Seanad: SI 325 of 2012 - European Union (Quality and Safety of Human Organs Intended for Transplantation) Regulations 2012: Motion (20 Aug 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: A Chathaoirligh, you did grant the Minister of State some indulgence. I will finish soon because I will not see you for another couple of weeks.

Seanad: SI 325 of 2012 - European Union (Quality and Safety of Human Organs Intended for Transplantation) Regulations 2012: Motion (20 Aug 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: The best of intentions were behind this recall. We have had a decent debate on this issue. Will the Government ensure important EU directives are not simply transposed by the Minister and unelected officials without prior knowledge? We have to learn from the mistakes of successive Governments in this regard and ensure we are aware of these directives as 90% of our laws are made in Europe....