Results 26,361-26,380 of 27,055 for speaker:Darragh O'Brien
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: The Labour Party broke one of its promises when it voted down the legislation.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: They received the advice. They could have allowed it to move beyond Second Stage.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: The Labour Party has broken promise after promise on housing and mortgages.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: It had an opportunity.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)
Darragh O'Brien: It has not produced any legislation in this regard.
- 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.