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Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2018)

Mark Daly: We are anxious.

Seanad: Northern Ireland and 20th Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement: Statements (18 Apr 2018)

Mark Daly: I thank the Minister for coming to the House. He will remember the words spoken at the SDLP dinner on the Friday night a fortnight ago, quoting the words of John Hume asking people to live for their country and not die for their country. People often refer to the two communities in Northern Ireland. I think we need to refer to them as the two traditions and the aspiration, of course, is to...

Seanad: Northern Ireland and 20th Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement: Statements (18 Apr 2018)

Mark Daly: No good deed goes unpunished.

Seanad: Northern Ireland and 20th Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement: Statements (18 Apr 2018)

Mark Daly: Regrets, I have had a few.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Apr 2018)

Mark Daly: I know the Cathaoirleach and the House will join with me in expressing sympathy to the family of the late Big Tom, as he was known. He was the king of country music and a legend in his lifetime. To his four children we express our deepest sympathies on his sad passing and on the passing of his wife, Rose, in January. I am aware that we shall discuss the issue of the Good Friday Agreement,...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Apr 2018)

Mark Daly: This issue is the acknowledgement of their great achievement of winning the Pulitzer Prize. The Iowa state Senate refused to acknowledge them winning the prize because they had been critical of President Trump. The most important thing in any democracy is a free press. A free press should criticise politicians when they need to be criticised and should point out where wrong is done. When...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (29 Mar 2018)

Mark Daly: I was also on the delegation to Westminster with my esteemed colleague from Kerry, Senator Coghlan. It was informative in many ways because we were given a copy of a report by the House of Commons committee on the issue of the Irish Border and its assertion there is no viable technical solution that will allow the Border to remain frictionless and seamless and that no such system exists...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (29 Mar 2018)

Mark Daly: This is with regard to the sharing of information between the organ donor transplant organisation, the HSE and medical professionals and the driver licence authority, which holds information on whether people have indicated on their driver licence that they would like to be an organ donor. If the number 115 is on the card it indicates the holder would like to be an organ donor. This...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (29 Mar 2018)

Mark Daly: -----between that decision being made and not being made, and I cannot understand why the Minister, Deputy Ross, is allowing the information to be shared between the driver licence authority and private companies to collect fines but is not allowing it to be shared with those who can save and transform lives.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (29 Mar 2018)

Mark Daly: Perhaps the Leader could find out why the Minister, Deputy Ross, is focusing on everybody else's portfolio except his own.

Seanad: Councillors' Conditions: Statements (29 Mar 2018)

Mark Daly: I am sharing time with Senators Wilson, Gallagher, Davitt and Murnane O'Connor.

Seanad: Councillors' Conditions: Statements (29 Mar 2018)

Mark Daly: We will take whatever time we are given but perhaps the Acting Chairman will show a little latitude.

Seanad: Councillors' Conditions: Statements (29 Mar 2018)

Mark Daly: In that case, I will share time with Senator Robbie Gallagher. Many of us understood that the review to which the Minister referred related to the holistic issue of terms and conditions for councillors. One of the proposals was to consider the type of system that operates in the Oireachtas. In his contribution, however, the Minister of State indicated the Revenue Commissioners had...

Seanad: Councillors' Conditions: Statements (29 Mar 2018)

Mark Daly: There was no mention of the overall review.

Seanad: Councillors' Conditions: Statements (29 Mar 2018)

Mark Daly: That is fine. I will look at the blacks because this is an important issue. The timeline is also critical. It will be important to consider a system for payments to public representatives similar to that in operation for Deputies and Senators. Local councillors are treated as but not paid as civil servants. They are not treated in the same way as national public representatives. The...

Seanad: Appointment of Members of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Motion (29 Mar 2018)

Mark Daly: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I thank him for his outline of the appointments to the commission, which is important for the protection of Irish human rights and equality. Much remains to be done to achieve the aims and objectives of the commission. As the Minister of State pointed out, the inclusion of Patrick Connolly and others who have served in other areas, such as...

Seanad: An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2018: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Mar 2018)

Mark Daly: Our Constitution is unique. It was the first constitution in human history to have been adopted by a popular vote of the people in a referendum held in 1937. It is all the more extraordinary a document because it was adopted by the Irish people at a time when democracies were crumbling in Germany, Italy and Spain. Here in Ireland, politicians were not taking power from the people. Rather,...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Mr. Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh (21 Mar 2018)

Mark Daly: Is ócáid speisialta agus stairiúil í seo. Ba mhaith fáilte a chur roimh Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh agus a chlann. Nuair a bhí mo chlann féin ag féachaint ar chluichí Ciarraí ar an teilifís san am ina raibh Mícheál fós ag tráchtaireacht - when Mícheál was commentating on matches involving Kerry...

Seanad: Ratification of UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Statements (21 Mar 2018)

Mark Daly: I thank the Minister of State for outlining the issues and challenges involved in the ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. While we are one of the last countries to ratify it there were many steps legally required for it to be successful. There are many challenges ahead to fulfil all our aspirations for people with disabilities and for our society to...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Mar 2018)

Mark Daly: I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach. He opened his remarks by saying that today is International Women's Day, a day that is rightly celebrated around the world. I am leading off today because our leader, Senator Ardagh, is not able to attend because she is at the funeral of an extraordinary woman who was 106 years of age. Not only did she have grandchildren and great-grandchildren, but she had...