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Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (29 Jun 2020)

Mark Daly: I thank Senator Dolan. It was a pleasure to meet her on that famous campaign she spoke about, at a fundraiser for the Cathaoirleach of Galway County Council. Sometimes we think we are shooting fish in a barrel but sometimes we can go to an event when canvassing in a Seanad election and misremember the name of a particular councillor and end up shooting ourselves in the foot instead of...

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (29 Jun 2020)

Mark Daly: Senator Wall mentioned the issue of family and of the sacrifice his family has made because of his time in public service and because of the fact that he is away so much. Many Members rely on their families, who give up a lot because of the fact that their loved ones are involved in public service. I call the great Senator Boyhan.

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (29 Jun 2020)

Mark Daly: I thank Senator Boyhan. I remember meeting him on those famous campaigns but I can tell him one thing: I would learn a lot more from him than I would on my own experience. He is a master of the Seanad. His passion for Seanad reform and representing councillors around the country is well known and recognised by all. I now call a man from Galway city, Senator Crowe.

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (29 Jun 2020)

Mark Daly: I thank Senator Crowe. Of course, his brother Mike was mayor on that occasion. I think I arrived a bit late to the house. It was a public house. The good news is that the bar was shut. Senator Crowe was cleaning up. I think it was 1.30 a.m. or 2 a.m. but he was still there doing a bit of cleaning. My uncle Brian might have been there as well - I am not too sure. I think he had been...

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (29 Jun 2020)

Mark Daly: That was very generous of the Senator.

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (29 Jun 2020)

Mark Daly: There were a few of those, all right.

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (29 Jun 2020)

Mark Daly: Go raibh míle maith agat. Political cousins is correct and I apologise for any embarrassment caused by any of my previous activities. I hope I will not repeat any of the mistakes of the past and will learn from them. I thank Senator Paul Daly for all his work on the agriculture committee. He was not just a voice on the committee, but a champion plougher as well. He brings vast...

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (29 Jun 2020)

Mark Daly: I thank the Senator. We discussed the issue of the gender pay gap in the lobby before we came in here. Senator Bacik and Fianna Fáil Senators, including Senator Clifford-Lee, were very much involved in that issue. I have been told we need to pass the motion on the Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998. I am sure Senator McDowell knows the urgency of that issue. Much as I...

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (29 Jun 2020)

Mark Daly: I thank the Senator. I was honoured to serve with her in the previous Seanad and to serve with her father on the foreign affairs committee. He and I share the distinction of being under rocket attack together and being in Colombia together. He is a great public servant, as is the Senator.

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (29 Jun 2020)

Mark Daly: I thank Senator Blaney. I also thank him and his family for their long service to the State and for his vision of a shared island, with which I agree. The language of politics is important and the words "united Ireland" spark fear in the hearts of many in Northern Ireland because they do not know what that would look like. The new unit in the Department of the Taoiseach is something we all...

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (29 Jun 2020)

Mark Daly: I thank Senator Flynn for her contribution, and for being here and allowing her name to go forward for nomination. It is not an easy thing to do when one gets a phone call from the Taoiseach asking one to be the voice of an entire community that has felt such extreme marginalisation for so long. I thank Senator Flynn and we look forward to working with her and hearing her thoughts and ideas...

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (29 Jun 2020)

Mark Daly: Thank you, Senator Dooley. I know you will continue to represent the banner county here and also through the European group which Fianna Fáil is aligned to representing Ireland in Europe. We all share your concerns and the belief that everybody should know where he or she will be laying his or her head at night. Everybody is entitled to have a roof over his or her head. I call...

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (29 Jun 2020)

Mark Daly: Thank you. I look forward to working with the Senator on those issues that are so important to us all here in Ireland but also to the planet.

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (29 Jun 2020)

Mark Daly: I thank the Senator for his contribution and for his work in the previous Seanad on the issues and on holding the Government to account, which is the job and the role of Opposition.

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (29 Jun 2020)

Mark Daly: I thank the Senator. I have no doubt she deserves to be in this House. In fact, I am sure further public office awaits, no matter where that is. Although she acts locally as a councillor, she thinks globally and she is already inviting the possible future US President, Mr. Biden, who has ancestors in her part of the world, and maybe he might address our House at some stage. I look forward...

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (29 Jun 2020)

Mark Daly: I thank the Senator for her remarks and for all the emails she sent to us on behalf of the Union of Students in Ireland. It is great that she is now here to lobby in person. I hope she will thank her sisters for their work and I wish her well on her upcoming marriage.

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (29 Jun 2020)

Mark Daly: I thank Senator Cassells. I remember him from that famous campaign in 2007 as well. I am delighted he is here with us now. I also recognise the former Senator, Donie Cassidy, who has forgotten more about winning Seanad elections than I will ever know.

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (29 Jun 2020)

Mark Daly: There was no love on that island, I can tell you that.

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (29 Jun 2020)

Mark Daly: I thank the Senator. I also thank her for her work in the previous Seanad. She was responsible for the justice portfolio, which is a huge portfolio to be responsible for. She was one of the co-sponsors of the Irish Sign Language Bill 2016 for the deaf community and she spent hours in the Seanad working on it. The Senator also did enormous work on the gender pay gap. A report from Europe...

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (29 Jun 2020)

Mark Daly: I thank the Senator. His championing of workers' rights, like all colleagues, is well known. His mention of former colleagues who are not in the Chamber with us today is appropriate on a day like this. He also mentioned voting rights, which is in the programme for Government. The most fundamental right of a citizen of any republic should be the right to vote regardless of where one is. I...