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Seanad: Order of Business (13 Mar 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: I urge my colleagues on the other side of the House to look at the list. I believe the Minister is due to visit the House in April. There is a great deal in his grand master plan, and I welcome much of it because any school that requires a building should get it. However, the Minister should state that it is actually a reduction of €400 million in the capital programme, and a reduction...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Mar 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: You did.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Mar 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: That is probably why we need a debate.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Mar 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Is the Senator being colloquial again?

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Mar 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: How many of these schools have already been built?

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Mar 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: The Senator needs to find a better question.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Mar 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: The Senator is not entitled to do so.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Mar 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: The Senator should ask Senator John Whelan.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Mar 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: RTE is tuned in.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Mar 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: What is wrong with that? It is Cheltenham week.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Mar 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: The Senator should relax a little.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Mar 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Yes, do.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Mar 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Éist, le do thoil.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Mar 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: On a point of order, I am not sure how appropriate it is-----

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Mar 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: I apologise for interrupting, but we must be careful about the separation of powers between the Oireachtas and the Judiciary. Members of the Oireachtas should not comment on sentences imposed, regardless of their personal views. It is not appropriate for them to comment on the leniency or otherwise of the sentences handed down in the cases mentioned.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Mar 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: The Senator cannot do that.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Mar 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: I thought I would take a broader view from the university benches today. It is liberating.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Mar 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Steady now, Trevor. Let us not lose the run of ourselves. I was able to watch proceedings on the screen earlier. Will the Leader check with Government as to when the social welfare and pensions Bill 2012 will be published? It will be a very important Bill and I would like to have as much advance notice as possible about it. I put Members on notice that as part of that legislation the...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Mar 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: He might be in the future.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Mar 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: In the absence of the Taoiseach publishing his report card on a year in Government, I put the House on notice that my group in Fianna Fáil will, in Private Members' time, afford an opportunity for all Members to debate the achievements, or lack thereof, of this Government over the 12-month period. We will produce our report cards on the various Ministers, something the Taoiseach promised to...