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Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2018)

Mark Daly: A monopoly has never benefited the customer so I am not sure how this one will bring a benefit the customer.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2018)

Mark Daly: The Deputy's party has been in government for seven years and he is blaming this on Eircom.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2018)

Mark Daly: There are 400,000 customers-----

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2018)

Mark Daly: The Government said that it was not going to pay for those people and then the Leader is wondering why-----

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2018)

Mark Daly: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Statement by the Taoiseach (1 Feb 2018)

Mark Daly: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Taoiseach ar Lá Fhéile Bhríde. This is a great day for him to come to the Seanad and an auspicious day for women in this auspicious year for women as the centenary of them getting the vote. I commend Senator Bacik and those who were involved in that gesture whereby Constance Markievicz's portrait will hang in Westminster, a building that the...

Seanad: Statement by the Taoiseach (1 Feb 2018)

Mark Daly: -----fearful for their families' future and fearful for this country's future.

Seanad: Statement by the Taoiseach (1 Feb 2018)

Mark Daly: The next election, whenever it takes place, must be about a change of policy and a change of direction. Most certainly, it must be about a change of Government. It must be about giving a sense of hope to those this very day who are in emergency departments, giving a sense of hope to those who are looking for a place to call home and giving a sense of hope to those who are working long and...

Seanad: Statement by the Taoiseach (1 Feb 2018)

Mark Daly: -----regardless of the circumstances of the person's background, the opportunity to reach his or her full potential.

Seanad: Statement by the Taoiseach (1 Feb 2018)

Mark Daly: We, in Fianna Fáil, believe that we can give those people that future that we all want to see. We do not believe in an Ireland for those who have received all the opportunities. We do not believe in an Ireland for the privileged. We do not believe in an Ireland for the few. We believe in an Ireland for everyone. As regards voting rights, the most fundamental right of any citizen in...

Seanad: Statement by the Taoiseach (1 Feb 2018)

Mark Daly: The Senator should not worry about taxation.

Seanad: Statement by the Taoiseach (1 Feb 2018)

Mark Daly: John Concannon will not be happy.

Seanad: Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018: Second Stage (30 Jan 2018)

Mark Daly: I thank the Minister for being here today and accommodating this Bill. I have visited the occupied territories. I have been to UN schools as part of a delegation of the foreign affairs committee. President Higgins, who was then a member of the committee, was there too. We met a class of 12 year-old girls in a UN school in Bethlehem and discussed the issues regarding Ireland and our search...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jan 2018)

Mark Daly: I raise the issue of the undocumented in the United States. We saw the shutdown of the United States federal Government because of the failure to address the Dreamers programme. Mr. Dylan O'Riordan, now in prison in Boston, is awaiting deportation as effectively he is one of the Dreamers. He hopes to return to Ireland more quickly because one can spend up to six weeks in a prison waiting...

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (6 Dec 2017)

Mark Daly: I will share time with my colleague, Senator Clifford-Lee. To Mona, John, Mary, MaryClaire, Darragh and John Jnr., I extend my sincere sympathies. They can be extremely proud of Des Hanafin. Conviction politicians are very hard to find. I am sure he would be delighted to be here now, fighting the good fight again on behalf of the pro-life movement. Des fought many battles. I saw a...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2017)

Mark Daly: I also welcome the gentlemen from Cavan. I hope they enjoy their time in Leinster House. The issue of the moment is Brexit, and the fact the ball is in London's court yet again. I do not think it has actually left London's court for the past year and a half. The issue of the DUP's effective veto on these negotiations and on the agreement yesterday is a matter of concern. We agree with...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Status, Treatment and Use of the National Anthem (5 Dec 2017)

Mark Daly: I thank the Chairman. The national anthem belongs to everyone. It is one of the key symbols of our State and is worthy of respect and protection. It was written by Peadar Kearney and translated into Irish by Liam Ring, while the music was composed by Patrick Heeney. We are deeply honoured and indeed humbled to have descendants of the Ring and Kearney families here today. The national...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Status, Treatment and Use of the National Anthem (5 Dec 2017)

Mark Daly: Will the Chairman give protection to Fianna Fáil?

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Status, Treatment and Use of the National Anthem (5 Dec 2017)

Mark Daly: The Chairman might get onto the communications unit as soon as possible.

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Status, Treatment and Use of the National Anthem (5 Dec 2017)

Mark Daly: If the words were changed to "Sinne Laochra Gael" and a party was to call itself that name, we would just be moving the goalposts.