Results 5,721-5,740 of 8,632 for speaker:Mark Daly
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2016)
Mark Daly: It blamed Fine Gael when it was in government and is blaming Fianna Fáil now that it is in opposition.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2016)
Mark Daly: He has a problem with his hearing apparently.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2016)
Mark Daly: It is the season of goodwill.
- Seanad: Expressions of Gratitude: Motion (15 Dec 2016)
Mark Daly: I move:That Seanad Éireann: - thank the United States National Parks Service and the United States Department of the Interior for ensuring a replica of the 1916 Proclamation presented by the President of Ireland on behalf of the Irish people, at home and abroad, will be placed in the Washington Monument on the Mall, Washington DC in the United States of America- recognising that this...
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Commemorative Events (14 Dec 2016)
Mark Daly: I thank the Minister for coming to the House to deal with this matter. While this month will see the end of the 1916 Rising commemorations, centenary commemorations will commence again on the anniversary of the death of Thomas Ashe who, of course, was born in Lispole, County Kerry. He was involved in the 1916 Rising, tried on the same day as Éamon de Valera and sentenced to death, a...
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Commemorative Events (14 Dec 2016)
Mark Daly: I know that the Minister of State is only reading the answer but, for his benefit, the question asked the Minister "to outline the Government's plans to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the death of Thomas Ashe and to state the budget allocation for the commemorations". The last few lines of the Minister of State's reply stated: "In terms of funding for commemorations, the Department is...
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2016)
Mark Daly: I ask the Leader to raise with the Minister for Foreign Affairs the issue of the ongoing detention of Ibrahim Halawa and the Government's lack of forceful engagement with the Egyptian Government. The House has had a number of statements from the Minister for Foreign Affairs and those statements have continued to be at variance with previous statements. He has now stated that he is...
- Seanad: Cystic Fibrosis Treatment: Statements (8 Dec 2016)
Mark Daly: I thank the Minister for coming to the House. I have three questions. First, how many countries have done a deal with the company? Second, have any of those countries done a deal on the basis of risk sharing? Finally, what price did they end up paying? Obviously, these are benchmarks on which we could base our negotiations. Many colleagues have touched on other issues to do with cystic...
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Dec 2016)
Mark Daly: It is not often an issue comes before the Oireachtas that is as clear cut, brutally simple and has life or death implications as the issue of organ donation and the provision of the drug Orkambi for people who suffer from cystic fibrosis. It is a life saving and life improving drug, but the Government has suspended negotiations on it. We understand that the Minister for Health was supposed...
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Dec 2016)
Mark Daly: I know, but he does not have a solution.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Dec 2016)
Mark Daly: He told us clearly months ago-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Dec 2016)
Mark Daly: He told us months ago that he was going to write to them.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Dec 2016)
Mark Daly: In the meantime, people have been going in and out of hospital or spending months in hospital. There is no urgency on the part of the Government on this issue. Members attended presentations on the matter in the audio visual, AV, room yesterday and last week. The presentation yesterday was by Deputy Kelleher, our party's spokesperson on health. It is particularly moving to hear about...
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Dec 2016)
Mark Daly: -----and there would be a surplus left. This is not about Orkambi as such, because there is a bigger issue. People are dying on the waiting list and other people are taking up hospital beds when they would prefer to be at home and contributing to society. This is all because our organ donor system simply does not work. We will press for an amendment to the Order of Business with regard to...
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Dec 2016)
Mark Daly: Yes, that No. 12 be taken today.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Dec 2016)
Mark Daly: Yes.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Dec 2016)
Mark Daly: It is like this. They were here-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Dec 2016)
Mark Daly: -----organ donor recommendation-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Dec 2016)
Mark Daly: -----was signed on the last day.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Dec 2016)
Mark Daly: It has been described as costing people's lives.