Results 5,701-5,720 of 8,632 for speaker:Mark Daly
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2017)
Mark Daly: I will start again for the benefit-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2017)
Mark Daly: In respect of the DUP leader's ability to grasp facts, she does not seem to understand that her department was in charge of signing off on the renewable energy scheme and that she has burned £500 million on this scheme to the point where I am informed by people in Northern Ireland that they are not even burning the pellets they are getting paid to burn. They are actually taking the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2017)
Mark Daly: The state of Israel is taking over Palestinian land and putting houses on it. It is a deplorable act by a democracy. We do not expect much of Syria or Iraq but we expect a lot more of the state of Israel.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2017)
Mark Daly: If only my colleague would leave me alone.
- Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2017)
Mark Daly: I congratulate Mr. Groves on his appointment and I know he will do an excellent job. I support my colleague, Senator Ardagh, in her comments on establishing a task force for the undocumented Irish living in the United States. There are 50,000 of them over there now and at home, for each of those people, there are ten people who are worried for their futures. That represents 10% of the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2017)
Mark Daly: Steady on.
- Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2017)
Mark Daly: I never can; when all is said.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Implications for Good Friday Agreement of UK Referendum Result: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jan 2017)
Mark Daly: In the 1930s, there was an economic war between Ireland and Britain. This is a version of an economic war in that the UK pulling out of the EU will effectively create trade barriers that are going to destroy elements and some sectors of the Irish economy in some instances. The witnesses touched upon the political statements. The Prime Minister, Ms Theresa May, said that there was no desire...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Implications for Good Friday Agreement of UK Referendum Result: Discusssion (Resumed) (12 Jan 2017)
Mark Daly: There are approximately 8,000 EU directives and legislation applicable to the United Kingdom and many of these relate to child protection and child welfare. These are part of the UK's legal system and it would take 40 years to unwind them. The UK will try to unwind some of them. Issues arise with regard to child abduction and so forth. One of the key child protection issues the witnesses...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Implications for Good Friday Agreement of UK Referendum Result: Discusssion (Resumed) (12 Jan 2017)
Mark Daly: With the agreement of the committee, I recommend that we ask for a report on cross-Border child protection to be done by the special rapporteur. Perhaps the matter could be considered in private session.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2016)
Mark Daly: I move an amendment to the Order of Business that No. 30, non-Government motion No. 13, would be taken today and approved by the House. It would be hoped that-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2016)
Mark Daly: Not all of us have the benefit of Senator Norris's learned education-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2016)
Mark Daly: -----in the hallowed halls of Trinity College.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2016)
Mark Daly: I remind Senator Norris that it is allegedly the season of goodwill towards all men.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2016)
Mark Daly: And women too.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2016)
Mark Daly: I propose that No. 30, non-Government motion No. 13, be approved by the House. I will have one of my colleagues second it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2016)
Mark Daly: Yes, before No. 1. I propose that the Cathaoirleach would then send the necessary letters on behalf of the House. This is the last month of the decade of commemorations relating to 1916. The National Park Service of the Department of the Interior in the United States has afforded Ireland a distinct honour by having a replica of the 1916 Proclamation placed inside the Washington monument....
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2016)
Mark Daly: It is the season of goodwill to all people. On the issue of housing and the mismanagement of the Government-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2016)
Mark Daly: -----to bring this issue relating to rent certainty at the last hour of the last day of the sitting of the Dáil and to try to force all sides to come to an agreement with such little time available is nothing short of mismanagement of the highest order. I agree with my colleague, Senator O'Sullivan, and others who have raised the issue. If this is the best Fine Gael can do in terms of...
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2016)
Mark Daly: The Labour Party now seems, through its leader, to have a new line, which is, "If only we had been allowed to do this when we were in government."