Results 25,021-25,040 of 26,350 for speaker:Darragh O'Brien

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jan 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Will the Government give a commitment that the treaty will be debated in this House before it is signed.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jan 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: No.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jan 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: St. Valentine's Day.

Seanad: Referral to Joint Committee: Motions (26 Jan 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: I will not agree to this being taken without debate but I will take up the Leader on his offer to defer it to next week. The papers were only laid in the House yesterday. If we can set aside 40 minutes next week, the matter can go to the Committee on Procedure and Privileges.

Seanad: Referral to Joint Committee: Motions (26 Jan 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Will it be considered by the Committee on Procedure and Privileges next week and then return to this House within a week? Are we constrained by time on this point?

Seanad: Referral to Joint Committee: Motions (26 Jan 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: On the basis, it is fine if it comes here after the Committee on Procedure and Privileges.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jan 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: I oppose the proposal to take No. 1 without debate. I do so on the basis that the Joint Committee on Investigations, Oversight and Petitions was set up prior to the decision of the people in the referendum to reject the proposed 30th amendment to the Constitution. As the Government's proposals were not acceptable to the public it is not acceptable that this committee should sit at all. It...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jan 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: I know that.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jan 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: I urge the Senator to read the draft again, because the power is with the banks.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jan 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: Another U-turn. Another Labour Party broken promise.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jan 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: The Tánaiste may find oil off Galway.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jan 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: I ask the Deputy Leader to make contact with the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Hogan, to invite him to meet the residents of Priory Hall. Dublin City Council is being of no assistance at this stage to the residents who are still, in effect, homeless. Numerous requests have been sent to the Minister by the residents' group in Priory Hall but he has...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jan 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: I would like the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Ruairí Quinn, to come to the House today. I know, however, that will not be possible, but I seek a commitment that he will come to the House next week for a detailed debate to explain to me what the Government is doing. Not only is there an attack on rural schools but in this instance there is an attack on minority faith schools....

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jan 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: I am sure my colleagues across the House would be most concerned about this departure as well. I ask that the Deputy Leader would request the Minister for Education and Skills to come to the House at the earliest date next week.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jan 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: It is now. That has changed.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jan 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: When Fianna Fáil changed the pupil-teacher ratio, the Senator went ballistic. Is she joking?

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jan 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: This is the greatest road to Damascus-style conversion I have ever seen. It is incredible.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jan 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: That is not the issue.

Seanad: Report of Advisory Group on Small Business: Statements (Resumed) (19 Jan 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: I welcome the Minister to the House for this important debate. I commend him for the amount of time he has spent in this Chamber on the small business area. The report from the advisory group indicates that we have more than 200,000 businesses employing approximately 665,000 people. We all know people in areas in our constituencies who are running businesses. I will focus on several...

Seanad: Report of Advisory Group on Small Business: Statements (Resumed) (19 Jan 2012)

Darragh O'Brien: True.