Results 25,221-25,240 of 26,350 for speaker:Darragh O'Brien
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: We are talking about the disabled, not the unemployed.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: Not to 18 to 24 year olds.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: The Senator cannot possibly stand over this.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: Except Protestant schools.
- Seanad: Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2011: Motion (1 Dec 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: That was enlightening. I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Perry, for his attendance. I have much personal regard for him but I think most colleagues would agree it is somewhat disappointing that neither the Minister for Finance nor the Minister of State at the Department of Finance are here. That is no reflection on the Minister of State. This is an important extension of the bank...
- Seanad: Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2011: Motion (1 Dec 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: Sinn Féin abstained.
- Seanad: Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2011: Motion (1 Dec 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: Obviously, some people's sensitivities are affected.
- Seanad: Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2011: Motion (1 Dec 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: To get back to the kernel of the motion, it is important this guarantee is extended. There is no alternative to this at the moment, in particular in light of the ongoing crisis in the eurozone. I refer to the new Government's banking policy. The Minister of State and the Minister for Finance have taken a lot of the commendations they have been getting from the ECB and other commentators...
- Seanad: Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2011: Motion (1 Dec 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: The Senator is splitting hairs.
- Seanad: Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2011: Motion (1 Dec 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2011: Motion (1 Dec 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: What does the Senator mean?
- Seanad: Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2011: Motion (1 Dec 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: Senator Gilroy should try to say that with a straight face.
- Seanad: Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2011: Motion (1 Dec 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: This is the same old nonsense.
- Seanad: Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2011: Motion (1 Dec 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: This is a renewal, the Government does not have to do it.
- Seanad: Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2011: Motion (1 Dec 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: That was amended in 2009.
- Seanad: Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2011: Motion (1 Dec 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: When was that narrowing done? It was in 2009 and the Labour Party opposed that as well.
- Seanad: Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2011: Motion (1 Dec 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: We are the only consistent party on this issue.
- Seanad: Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2011: Motion (1 Dec 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: On a point of order, in fairness I do not think Senator D'Arcy meant to say that and I ask him to withdraw those remarks.
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Dec 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: Why is the Minister, as opposed to the Minister of State, going to Abbeyleix?
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Dec 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: That is not right.