Results 23,221-23,240 of 26,293 for speaker:Darragh O'Brien

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: Senator Bacik is getting worse.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: A Chathaoirligh, on a point of order, we are not having a debate on the matter.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: What she is doing is introducing her points in the debate in the House now. It is unfair.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: Senator Bacik is going to bring about a debate on the Order of Business.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: Senator Bacik is monotonous.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jun 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: Who wrote that?

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jun 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jun 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: The Senator's party needs it more than most.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jun 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jun 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: That does not surprise me. I am disappointed that the Minister saw fit to change today's schedule and give a few hours notice that he will not attend to answer questions on hospital services. I wish to express my sympathies and that of the Fianna Fáil group on the death of former Senator Tom Fitzgerald, who was buried at the weekend. He served with distinction in the House as Whip. I...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jun 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: On the Order of Business, it is disappointing that the Minister of Health is not making himself available today. When did the Leader get notice of that?

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jun 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: I know, but we have to schedule business for the week.

Seanad: Early Child Care Education Standards: Statements (30 May 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: I welcome the Minister who has come to the House on a number of occasions. It is a pity that we are here to discuss this issue following the "Prime Time" programme. I speak as someone who has a daughter in child care. There is no question but that the Minister's speech was heartfelt and it was full of references to proposed actions. However, I remind her that on 16 July 2011 she produced...

Seanad: Early Child Care Education Standards: Statements (30 May 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: Before the Minister takes her seat, will she comment on the allocation of funding for inspections?

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Second Stage (30 May 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: I will try to stay honest for Senator Gilroy.

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Second Stage (30 May 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: I thank the Senator for his advice.

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Second Stage (30 May 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: I thank the Senator for his advice because it is always very welcome. As always, the Minister is welcome. Senator Thomas Byrne laid out our stall but there are some specific points on which I would like to ask a few questions and with which we can deal on Committee Stage. If we were all honest, which we should be, we would know there is a need to make savings in Government expenditure,...

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Second Stage (30 May 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: That is probably a bad example. Let us take teachers or nurses in those situations. That will be particularly difficult. The Minister does not have an easy job; I do not have to tell him that, because he is working in it every day. There are elements of this that I do not support. Applying pay reductions to those on more than €65,000 is, on balance, fair, but we must remember the...

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Second Stage (30 May 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: The Senator should play the ball and not the man.

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Second Stage (30 May 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: What about the Croke Park agreement? That is a ridiculous statement to make. The Senator would not make a comment on it in a previous Oireachtas. The Croke Park agreement was negotiated by the previous Government.