Results 23,381-23,400 of 26,293 for speaker:Darragh O'Brien

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: Senator Harte is in government so could he tell me why he is not voting on this tomorrow?

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: I do respect the Chair.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: Senator Harte is losing the run of himself.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: I do not even know what he is talking about.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: Is Senator Harte asking me that question?

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: I am sorry, a Chathaoirligh, but I have no protection.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: No, because I ask the Leader to give a commitment that in the coming weeks he will set aside some time for a proper serious debate on adult mental health services with the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, who is responsible for this area.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: Will the Leader outline the rationale for the Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, deciding tomorrow at the Bank of Ireland AGM to abstain from voting on the remuneration packages of the board of directors and senior executives, such as Mr. Boucher, who will be paid a package of €910,000, and the governor of the Bank of Ireland, whose package will be in the region of €500,000,...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: Senator Paul Coghlan has a track record in speaking on banks. Perhaps he can tell me why the Government, on behalf of the Irish people, has no opinion on bankers' pay in Bank of Ireland.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: Certainly, many Deputies in the Lower House and Government colleagues in the Seanad rightly raised, time and again, concerns about directors' and executive pay in the banks. When Government gets an opportunity to put forward its view on the levels of pay in the banks, all I want to know is why Deputy Noonan, on behalf of the Fine Gael-Labour Party Government, abstains from voting. It makes...

Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (18 Apr 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: What is important in any democracy is that one listens to debate. I listened with interest to the argument of Senators David Norris and John Crown in this regard which can be teased out further on Committee and Report Stages. For the reasons outlined by Senators David Norris, John Crown and Mary White, we will oppose the Bill on Second Stage.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: With respect to all sides, we are not having a debate.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: On a point of order, it is not appropriate to have a debate when the Deputy Leader is introducing her view on something and when no one else can respond. There are ways of having a proper debate in a respectful way-----

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: I think the Deputy Leader is abusing her position to some degree.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: It is a sensitive issue and it is not appropriate for the Deputy Leader to use the response to a request for a debate to expand upon her own point of view.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: What is the position on item No. 13 on the Order Paper, Civil Registration (Marriage Equality) Bill 2013, which was published in great haste during the Meath East by-election? Will the Deputy Leader inform the House when she will introduce the Bill in her name? I request a full debate next week on policing and Garda recruitment. Yesterday the Minister for Justice and Equality who is not...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: No. We have another one on the way.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: The Senator is half-supporting it.

Seanad: Mortgage Arrears: Motion (17 Apr 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: Perhaps they know me better than I thought and believe everything I say is nonsense.

Seanad: Mortgage Arrears: Motion (17 Apr 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: I am glad the Minister of State did not read the script. Either the official knows me very well or what was provided was a standard script. We will always disagree on particular political points. We can also talk all we like about history, although it is important in the context of learning from the mistakes of the past. I have probably used 30% of Fianna Fáil's Private Members'...