Results 25,961-25,980 of 26,350 for speaker:Darragh O'Brien
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jun 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: It is â¬2,500 a day.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jun 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jun 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: It is unfair to make such a remark. Senator Walsh is entitled to make his point.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jun 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: Some information became public this morning about AIB's sale of a Bulgarian commercial lending institution that it purchased three and a half years ago for â¬216 million and off-loaded last month for â¬100,000. AIB, as we know and regret, is 93% State-owned. What really worries me is that this information, from what I have read, had to be dragged out of AIB, which was not willing to...
- Seanad: Housing Market: Motion (22 Jun 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Brian Hayes, back to the House. I know he enjoyed his time as a Senator but he is nearly becoming a permanent fixture here. While Senator Aideen Hayden can tut all she likes, I assure her we will keep party politics out of this which is why we have not tabled an amendment to the motion. It is an important motion but a broad stroke on debt forgiveness...
- Seanad: Housing Market: Motion (22 Jun 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: A parliamentary party meeting is on at the moment but they will be here presently.
- Seanad: Housing Market: Motion (22 Jun 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: Lean ar aghaidh.
- Seanad: Housing Market: Motion (22 Jun 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: We will.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Jun 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: Senator Harte should be careful.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Jun 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Jun 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: Is there such a thing as a semi-final in Munster?
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Jun 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: I would like to thank the Leader for a couple of things. The debate yesterday on Seanad reform was very useful. The CPP in the House has met Members of all parties and we all share a desire to move swiftly with reforms in the House. I would like to ask the Leader about the progress made on the CPP with the formation of the Seanad petitions committee. This will be an important step for the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Jun 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: Senator Bacik's party is in government now. Senator Bacik cannot hide behind what the previous Government did all the time.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: That remark should be withdrawn.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: That is good to hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: First, there has been much discussion about the 10% cut on last year's level in agreed hours for special needs assistants, SNAs, proposed by the Government. Where in the EU-IMF deal is it stipulated that the Government is tied into cutting SNA hours? The national recovery plan contains a commitment to retain SNA numbers at 2010 levels. Many parents of children with special needs find it...
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jun 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jun 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: Like what? What have they done?
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jun 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: The Senator should wait until after the budget and talk to us in January next.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jun 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: On a point of order, I have no wish to allow this to degenerate into a row, but this side of the House provided more than adequate speakers. I spoke, as did Senator Thomas Byrne and several others.