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Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jun 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Will the Senator tell that to the chairman of her party?

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jun 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: We will bide our time.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jun 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: He is chairman of the Labour Party. He is not just some innocuous backbencher. Perhaps he is.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jun 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Perhaps the Taoiseach should ring Chancellor Merkel to hear what she says.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jun 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Derry City Council.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jun 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: What about the promises in the programme for Government?

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jun 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: That is excellent. I will sleep well tonight.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jun 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: That is much appreciated. I thank the Leader.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jun 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: I thank the Leader for acceding to our request. On that basis, I withdraw our proposed amendment to the Order of Business. I look forward to the discussion with the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation.

Seanad: School Building Projects (14 Jun 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House to take this Adjournment matter. In its five year plan for school building projects the Government, rightly, identified the need for a post-primary school in Lusk, County Dublin. Lusk is a fast growing area in my constituency of Dublin North. It has grown from a rural village to a sizeable town. There are a number of primary schools in...

Seanad: School Building Projects (14 Jun 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: The Minister of State said a decision would be made in the coming weeks. Will it be made before the Houses goes into recess? Will the new schools establishment group, as part of the assessment, take into account the many letters of support from community groups and other schools in the area which have expressed their preference that patronage be granted to the VEC? Will the decision be...

Seanad: Business Undertakings (Disclosure of Overpayments) Bill 2012: Second Stage (13 Jun 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: I commend Senator Rónán Mullen for preparing and bringing the Bill before the House. It is an interesting debate and I thank the Minister for his considered and thought provoking response. He has made a fair point in noting the task he faces in reducing the regulatory burden on business, especially the small and medium-sized enterprise sector. In this instance, it is necessary to balance...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh na daltaí, tuismuitheoirí agus múinteoirí ó Ghaelscoil Brian Boróimhe i Sord Cholmcille. I ask the Leader what progress, if any, he or the Deputy Leader made with the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste on the upcoming trial in Bahrain of the 20 doctors who are being tried again in civilian court. I was pleased yesterday that across the House, Members from...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Will the Senator please relax for a minute.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Yesterday, the Taoiseach made a couple of disparaging remarks in the other House in response to my party leader, Deputy Micheál Martin, about the bank guarantee. He misled the House yesterday when he said there was no file, or a file may have been shredded, on the documentary evidence given to the Minister for Finance at the time in respect of the decision that had to be taken to bring...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jun 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: It would be a very good Adjournment debate matter.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jun 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: I have no doubt that will go into the Galway Advertiser straight away.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jun 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: The Leader will agree that this House has a good track record in upholding human rights and highlighting human rights abuses across the world. In that regard, I am honoured to welcome to the Visitors Gallery Dr. Nada Dhaif, one of the Bahraini doctors sentenced to 15 years imprisonment by the regime in that country, simply for providing medical treatment for persons protesting for human...

Seanad: Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jun 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: The Minister has not been contactable for a few weeks now.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jun 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Hear, hear.