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Seanad: Order of Business (8 Mar 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: I am informing the Leader and trying to be helpful.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Mar 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: No. I am trying to be helpful to the Leader and let him know-----

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Mar 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: -----that he and my colleagues in Fine Gael and the Labour Party will have this opportunity. They will have a week, until next Wednesday, to have a word with the spin doctors in their parties

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Mar 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Will the Leader look forward to that debate when we can debate, as colleagues, the progress, or lack thereof, of this Government, such as in matters of education?

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Mar 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Will the Leader inform the House when the social welfare and pensions Bill will be published?

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Mar 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: I always try to be helpful.

Seanad: Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (8 Mar 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: I welcome the Minister to the House. This is a technical Bill, which the Fianna Fáil Party will support. The Seanad deals swiftly with EU related legislation, similar to the way we dealt with the Bretton Woods Agreements (Amendment) Bill 2011. It is important that this Bill is dealt with swiftly. When the group leaders discussed this Bill last week we agreed on the importance of sending...

Seanad: Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (8 Mar 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: My comments were based on the Minister's statement and I also asked a couple of questions on the Bill.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Mar 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Where is the Senator going?

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 Mar 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Céard faoi an Coimisinéir Teanga?

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Mar 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Gach uile seachtain táim ag labhairt faoi cheann de na fadhbanna is measa in Éireann sa lá atá inniú ann. Arís, a Cheannaire, táimse chun labhairt faoin na daoine atá i ndeachract maidir lena morgáiste atá ag dul in olcas. Fós ní dhearna an Rialtas tada i dtaobh an Keane report. Tá daoine amuigh ansin ag fulaingt agus tá cuma ann nach bhfuil an Rialtas ag déanamh aon rud...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Mar 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: We always believed they were beneficial.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Mar 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Government Members do not like the truth.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Mar 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Go raibh maith agat, a Sheanadóir.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Mar 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Mar 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: I do not know why Senator Coghlan is looking at me.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Mar 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: The Senator's friends in the IRA forced enough people out of this country.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Mar 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: It is true, and this is a serious issue.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Mar 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: An bhfuil Gaeilge ag an Chathaoirleach?

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Mar 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Good.