Results 24,721-24,740 of 26,320 for speaker:Darragh O'Brien
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (15 Mar 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: She is not finished yet.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (15 Mar 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: That is fair.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: With regard to statements on the fiscal compact, our group, as agreed, submitted a list of speakers to try to ensure Members would be given additional time if there were not enough speakers, rather than being cut off after five minutes. Will the Deputy Leader check the position following the Order of Business, as it might be possible to facilitate Members in this way? The Oireachtas Library...
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: The Minister of State, Deputy Brian Hayes should come into the House and if he fails to do so, I will oppose the Order of Business every single day. I will disrupt the business of this House until this happens because the people have a right to know what the Government intends to do to ensure they can be safe in the knowledge that the roof over their heads will not be taken away from them...
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: The Keane report has been available to the Government since September.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: There is no time left on this issue.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: There is no time. Does the Senator want to tell this to the man who had his house repossessed yesterday for arrears of â¬50,000?
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: Tell him the Government is doing something.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: There is a lack of policy and action.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: Perhaps he will support my call for the Minister of State, Deputy Brian Hayes, to come into the House.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: Well done. The Senator is on message. That will solve many problems.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: What about inviting the Minister of State, Deputy Brian Hayes, or the Minister for Finance back to the House?
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: They will not be here to discuss the issue of mortgage arrears.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: No.
- Seanad: Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union: Statements (14 Mar 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: I welcome the fact we are debating this issue. It is very important that the true message goes out about the nature of this. While I understand Senator Michael D'Arcy's comments on consequences, I do not think the purpose of the public debate on this should be about what will happen if people do not vote for the treaty. I put it to colleagues that the negotiations that led us to our...
- Seanad: Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union: Statements (14 Mar 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: It is not often I agree with her.
- Seanad: Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union: Statements (14 Mar 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: Excellent. We have moved on.
- Seanad: Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union: Statements (14 Mar 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: That is quite all right.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Mar 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: The Leader will be aware that it is more than five months since the residents of Priory Hall had to leave their homes. Those residents have also been waiting five months for a meeting with the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government and the Taoiseach. Unfortunately, as residents of Priory Hall waited outside the Department of the Taoiseach today, their request for a...