Results 25,661-25,680 of 26,350 for speaker:Darragh O'Brien
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: What did the Minister say about lifestyle choices?
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: The figure will be â¬4.4 billion.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: Yes.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: I am sure all my colleagues share my disappointment with the Keane report and the proposals therein, which fall far short of what the Government promised. It appears from the report that the Government will leave the decisions on debt settlement to the banks, and there is a proposal to set up a toothless agency. This is unlike the independent debt settlement office which my party, Fianna...
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: The Government promised-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: I cannot keep up with the number of promises the Government has already broken and it is only in government for five months.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: Really. Is that right?
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: The Government is not doing a good job of it, if that is what it thinks.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: I will not talk about the Tánaiste. I am sure colleagues will raise that.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: The Senator voted for it. Did she sleepwalk into it?
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: With the Minister for Finance.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: It is handing over---
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: People who paid thousands of euro for their houses will hand them over to local authorities-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: -----which cannot even manage their housing stock as it is.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: It was not.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: We brought in a code of conduct that applied across the board.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: It is most important that we have a debate on this issue.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: Senator Healy Eames does not like the truth.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Oct 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: Approximately three weeks ago in the House I raised the issue of the ongoing review at Aviva. I now understand from reports that Aviva is looking to shed anything from 800 to 1,000 posts in this country. At the time I asked what contact the Government had with Aviva. Has the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Bruton, been in contact with that company? Last week, the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Oct 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: Ask the Leader.