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

Mark Daly: I thank my colleagues for attending and raising their issues. I thank Mr. Raymond for his valuable contribution. He might share with us information on the national anthem project that was done in the US. It would tie in well with what the lord mayor of Cork, Mr. Tony Fitzgerald, has done. Opportunities to sing the national anthem pose the main issue. If one is in Croke Park, at a GAA...

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

Mark Daly: Regarding the term "Fianna Fáil", it is also included in the Defence Forces' emblems. Is that the next step? If the opening line is changed to "laochra Gael" and some political party decides to take on that name, should we then keep changing the opening line? I thank the witnesses for attending and hope that they will share all of their documents with us. Those are the ones that...

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

Mark Daly: We will rectify an error and oversight by the State that is long overdue to be corrected.

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

Mark Daly: I thank everyone for being here. The national anthem, Amhrán na bhFiann, belongs to everyone and is one of the key symbols of our State. It is worthy of respect and our consideration today is about its protection and recognition by this State. When I wrote these words earlier this morning, I noted that it was written by Peadar Kearney in 1907, as that is what appears on the Government...

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

Mark Daly: We are here to correct a lot of records today.

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

Mark Daly: I thank all the witnesses for their contributions. Regarding the nationalism to which the Minister of State referred, I think we all agree that we need civic nationalism, which is all-inclusive, not the old, exclusive nationalism of the past. I think Seán Lemass spoke about it as a patriotism which he understood to be a combination of love of country, pride in its history, tradition...

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

Mark Daly: There or thereabouts. We will leave that border issue to another day. Osmond Esmonde had a role in 1926, 757 years later, in getting the Government to determine that we should not have two national anthems, one played abroad and one played at home. According to what we have just learned, this was on 12 July, another historic day in Irish history. Perhaps Alain and Bishopstown Community...

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

Mark Daly: Canada.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Nov 2017)

Mark Daly: I would like to join the Cathaoirleach in paying tribute to Senator Norris. He is not a holy soul just yet, but he is a loveable rogue and has given 30 years of service not just to Trinity College and the House but to the State. He has been a formidable debater, orator and political campaigner for topics which were not popular and society did not embrace, and championed them when nobody...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Nov 2017)

Mark Daly: I asked that the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine be called into the House.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Nov 2017)

Mark Daly: I formally propose that.

Seanad: Ireland's Bid for European Banking Authority: Statements (29 Nov 2017)

Mark Daly: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy D'Arcy, to the House. The decision came down to the split vote of 13-13 and the drawing of lots. We are disappointed at the outcome. However, it shows the strength of the case put forward by Ireland that even Frankfurt, vying to be one of the financial centres of Europe, did not make it to the final round with ourselves and Paris. No doubt the...

Seanad: Ireland's Bid for European Banking Authority: Statements (29 Nov 2017)

Mark Daly: He is here more than he was when he was a Senator.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Northern Ireland Issues and Implications of Brexit for Good Friday Agreement: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (23 Nov 2017)

Mark Daly: I thank the Minister for coming in to the committee. This committee's brief is the implementation of the Good Friday Agreement. Last year at the committee I asked if there was any chance somebody could give us an update on what was left to be implemented. One would imagine that the committee that has been given this role would have an outline of what needs to be implemented. For the Fresh...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Northern Ireland Issues and Implications of Brexit for Good Friday Agreement: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (23 Nov 2017)

Mark Daly: Thank you.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Northern Ireland Issues and Implications of Brexit for Good Friday Agreement: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (23 Nov 2017)

Mark Daly: Might the Minister come back to address the court case involving Raymond McCord?

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2017)

Mark Daly: We welcome the fact that the Tánaiste, Deputy Fitzgerald, is coming before the House to address the issues that are so much in the public eye at the moment. Of course, she is well regarded and well respected in this House for her work as a Senator, a Deputy and a Minister, but there are questions to be answered. This matter goes to the fundamentals of justice in the State. That is,...

Seanad: Councillors' Conditions: Statements (16 Nov 2017)

Mark Daly: The Minister of State spoke of consistency. The only thing that is consistent is the inconsistency. The report states: "In the interests of fairness and equality, it is important that travel rates that apply to councillors are consistent with those that apply to local authority employees and other groups across the public sector." The Government wants them to have the same mileage rate,...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2017)

Mark Daly: The previous Taoiseach, Deputy Enda Kenny, used to talk about a scorecard for Ministers but he got rid of it because the scorecard did not show the results he wanted, which tells us a lot about how the Ministers were performing.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2017)

Mark Daly: If Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael were like Kramer and Kramer, it all ended in divorce 100 years ago. As regards the scorecard on housing, over 120,000 households are on the waiting lists but only 1,000 units have been provided. There are 3,124 children and 5,250 adults in emergency accommodation awaiting housing, on top of those households on the waiting lists, which shows the size of the...