Results 23,681-23,700 of 26,320 for speaker:Darragh O'Brien
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: I know the documents.
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: Was there a specific requirement in the memorandum of understanding to reduce the respite care grant? The Minister is skirting around the question and misrepresenting us.
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: One of the Leader's colleagues raised that point first.
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: That does not matter.
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: That is outrageous.
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: On a point of order, that remark should be withdrawn unless the Senator identifies who she is talking about.
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: No one said that.
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: We are in the Republic of Ireland.
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: The Senator will be ruled out of order.
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: The Fianna Fáil Party spokesperson on social protection has outlined our point of view. I spoke on Second Stage yesterday. The 20% cut in respite care is a significant cut, and one would be hard put to find another cut of that magnitude in the budget. Some 77,000 families receive this payment. I further remind colleagues that this is the only payment some 5,000 families receive. The...
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: Section 3 of the Bill has nothing to do with the back to school clothing allowance at all. We all want to get to the substantive amendments before the House today. I do not think it serves any purpose, but I clarify for Senator Healy Eames that the back to school clothing allowance is not referenced in the section.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: The reason is the Minister for Health overspent by ¤400 million.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: It is.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: The Social Welfare Bill 2012 is on the Order of Business.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: It does not care.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: It is disgraceful. We are not crying crocodile tears.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: The Labour Party made commitments and broke them. It has broken every commitment to date. The Labour Party has no credibility as a party.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: The Labour Party has no credibility. Members of that party should be ashamed of themselves.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: What is the position with regard to home helps whose hours were cut this year? Senator Gilroy is not here this morning, but I heard him mention this issue was resolved. It has not been resolved in my area and nobody there whose hours have been cut has had their hours reinstated. Will the Leader confirm the original 500,000 hours taken out by the Government and the proposed 450,000 hours...
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: It certainly will be appropriate, but it is appropriate now and I will explain why. We heard pronouncements from various individuals like Senator Whelan over the last couple of weeks, who was wringing his hands and crying on public radio about how terrible this was. If he was here this morning, which he is not, I would tell Senator Whelan, and Senator Heffernan, who is not here either-----