Results 24,141-24,160 of 26,320 for speaker:Darragh O'Brien

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Sep 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Perhaps the Senator might sit them down to engage in mediation.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Sep 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: It is not going to happen.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Sep 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: The Senator should not fool herself. It is never going to happen.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Sep 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: The Senator should stop fooling herself. It will never happen.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Sep 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: The Senator knows it, as does the Minister of State, Deputy Róisín Shortall.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Sep 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: That will not take long.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Sep 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: It will be a ten-minute debate.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: He is not doing badly after 18 months.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: It might publish the report.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: I thank the Leader.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: The Senator did not do it in the case of the Social Welfare and Pensions Bill.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: They will not thank us for that.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: I accept that. I ask the Leader to raise with the Minister for Health a very important issue about which all Senators will be concerned, namely, Temple Street Hospital, Dublin. The post of cystic fibrosis physiotherapist is vacant. The authorities in Temple Street Hospital have not received a response from either the Department of Finance or the Department of Health on whether the post is...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: I welcome the Cathaoirleach and all of my colleagues back for what I hope will be a very productive Seanad session. I hope we will play our part in the budgetary process and thank the Leader for agreeing earlier today that we would have proper and reasoned debates in advance of budget announcements. Up until now, to take the example of the proposed property tax, there have been no proper...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jul 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: The Senator did not show cross-party support when she voted against an amendment to the Order of Business to have the Minister come to the House.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jul 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: We should have had a debate on the matter last week.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jul 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Sympathy will get no one anywhere.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jul 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Why not have a debate in here?

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jul 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: We are not show-boating. Has the Minister agreed to a meeting? Get a commitment from the Minister on that.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jul 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: We did not say that.