Results 25,761-25,780 of 27,272 for speaker:Darragh O'Brien
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: No.
- Seanad: Bretton Woods Agreements (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Feb 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: Will the Minister of State make a contribution to the debate on the Bill at this Stage? What is he proposing to do?
- Seanad: Bretton Woods Agreements (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Feb 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: I am just wondering.
- Seanad: Bretton Woods Agreements (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Feb 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: I would like to call a quorum. Notice taken that 12 Members were not present; House counted and 12 Members being present,
- Seanad: Bretton Woods Agreements (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Feb 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: I welcome the speedy passage of this Bill. I agree wholeheartedly with Senator D'Arcy. I have met the troika on each occasion as a member of my party's finance team. In my view the IMF is the more accommodating and more flexible part of the troika. I caution the Minister of State with regard to the sale of our strategic State assets. There is some confusion in this House and elsewhere...
- Seanad: Bretton Woods Agreements (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Feb 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: I will not ask any questions. This is an important Bill and I am glad it is being passed. Other contributors specifically mentioned the sale of State assets. We will debate that topic separately in this House and I look forward to the Minister of State, who has engaged very well in this House, participating in a constructive debate. I do not want scaremongering on this issue because every...
- Seanad: Bretton Woods Agreements (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Feb 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: We will deal with it another time.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: I thought it was the Tánaiste, Deputy Gilmore, who said those lines.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: Exactly, that is the point.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: Fine Gael backed it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: Deputy Michael Healy-Rae knows how to sort them.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: That was four weeks ago.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: We set up the NPRF.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: Do not pick a line at random. That was the memorandum of understanding signed in July.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: I do not think the Leader means to mislead the House but perhaps he will clarify that he is citing the July memorandum of understanding.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: Unemployment went up.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: At the cost of â¬400 million.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: With all due respect, on a point of order, the Chair rightly ruled on the use of the word "lie" and people withdrew that. The Leader has made a charge about nods and winks between An Bord Pleanála and political parties.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: I do not believe the Leader meant to say that.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2012)
Darragh O'Brien: I respectfully ask the Leader to withdraw that remark.