Results 23,121-23,140 of 27,055 for speaker:Darragh O'Brien
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: With the Taoiseach.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: I wish to bring to the attention of the House a matter on which my colleague in the Dáil, Deputy Keaveney, has been working with regard to the early intervention teams and the lack thereof-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: Deputy Keaveney. Do the Members opposite remember him?
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: Yes, she might not remember. I refer to an extremely serious issue that I have had occasion to deal with in north Dublin. Nationwide, there are 58 early intervention teams but in 11 Health Service Executive, HSE, areas, there is no early intervention team at all. The entire Dublin region has no early intervention teams. The purpose of such teams is to assess and support children with...
- Seanad: Standing Orders: Motion (5 Feb 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: Absolutely not.
- Seanad: Standing Orders: Motion (5 Feb 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: Why is Anglo Irish Bank not included?
- Seanad: Standing Orders: Motion (5 Feb 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: Perhaps the Minister of State will tell me whether Anglo Irish Bank will be included.
- Seanad: Standing Orders: Motion (5 Feb 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: Has the Minister of State already investigated that?
- Seanad: Standing Orders: Motion (5 Feb 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: On a point of order, I ask the Minister of State to withdraw that remark.
- Seanad: Standing Orders: Motion (5 Feb 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: I ask the Minister of State to withdraw that remark. He has made a charge that there are Members and colleagues of mine who do not want to participate in this and have mentioned things to preclude them from the banking inquiry. That is incorrect.
- Seanad: Standing Orders: Motion (5 Feb 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: I know what the Minister of State said.
- Seanad: Standing Orders: Motion (5 Feb 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: I know what he said because I was sitting here listening to him. What he is proving by his comments, which he does time again when he comes into the Seanad, is that he has already made his mind up. He has proven that.
- Seanad: Standing Orders: Motion (5 Feb 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: I asked some specific questions that are important with regard to the terms of reference of the investigation and whether Anglo Irish Bank will be included in it.
- Seanad: Standing Orders: Motion (5 Feb 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: He did not answer any questions.
- Seanad: Standing Orders: Motion (5 Feb 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: The Minister of State is always welcome to the House. It is good to see him. The changes to Standing Orders that have been presented are probably appropriate. One of the issues I have is that we are doing this half-blind. While we have heard certain comments, we do not have the full details of the composition or terms of reference of the proposed banking inquiry, which needs to happen....
- Seanad: Standing Orders: Motion (5 Feb 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: The Standing Orders are about the establishment of the banking inquiry.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: No.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: I asked the Leader if he had any contact in respect of Seanad representation on the future banking inquiry.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: Senators are not precluded. Is that the case?
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2014)
Darragh O'Brien: I thank the Leader.