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Seanad: Order of Business (7 Dec 2016)

Mark Daly: If the Senator wants to go on about organ donation, he must start with himself.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Dec 2016)

Mark Daly: No. I withdraw the amendment.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Local Authority Members (1 Dec 2016)

Mark Daly: I thank the Cathaoirleach for selecting this Fianna Fáil Commencement Matter. We had asked for the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, Deputy Coveney, to come to the House, but I thank the Minister for State, Deputy English, for coming in. We had asked that the Minister would outline what he is doing, or what he is going to do, to improve the terms and...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Local Authority Members (1 Dec 2016)

Mark Daly: All we had outlined was what the Minister, Deputy Varadkar, has done. What we did not get is what the Minister, Deputy Coveney, will do, other than that he will look at the matter. We had a similar response yesterday on votes for the Irish overseas. The Minister is looking at a lot of things but he does not seem to be getting around to making a decision on anything. AILG and LAMA have...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Local Authority Members (1 Dec 2016)

Mark Daly: I know but he is unable to make a decision.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Local Authority Members (1 Dec 2016)

Mark Daly: All we hear is "soon".

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Local Authority Members (1 Dec 2016)

Mark Daly: Is there a time line on "soon"?

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Dec 2016)

Mark Daly: He might get some hair dye for Christmas.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Situation in Syria: Discussion (1 Dec 2016)

Mark Daly: I thank the Chairman and thank the delegation for coming. I thank the Grand Mufti for telling his story and the tragic story of the loss of his son. I sympathise with him on the tragic murder of his son. He described himself as a bridge between the opposition and the government. In the past here, members of all faiths have acted as bridges in Northern Ireland, including Fr. Faul, Fr....

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Nov 2016)

Mark Daly: As the Leader is aware, Fianna Fáil has tabled a Corporate Manslaughter Bill, which was proposed by the Law Reform Commission. It is important legislation which is long overdue, made all the more relevant by issues involving University Hospital Limerick, where a whistleblower has highlighted the deaths of 30 people due to serious mismanagement in the hospital. She has made a protected...

Seanad: Presidential Voting Rights: Motion (30 Nov 2016)

Mark Daly: We have been having this debate since the 2013 Constitutional Convention. We have been discussing the issue regarding extending voting rights for Irish overseas and citizens outside the State for many a long decade. It is amazing we are so far from other changes to voting rights, from Catholic emancipation in 1829 to extending voting rights to women, and now we are still debating extending...

Seanad: Presidential Voting Rights: Motion (30 Nov 2016)

Mark Daly: If Government Members want to get agreement on its amendment, they will have to do it on their own.

Seanad: Presidential Voting Rights: Motion (30 Nov 2016)

Mark Daly: The Government has been unable to find the shelf where the report has been resting for three years. I can give Government Members a copy of it to consider. We might bring it before the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence to see if we have a better answer. The fact that the Minister, Deputy Flanagan, as the Minister responsible, is unable to be here, we just...

Seanad: Presidential Voting Rights: Motion (30 Nov 2016)

Mark Daly: It could be the Minister of State, Deputy McHugh. Responsibility for this issue rests in so many areas, that the report might be lost somewhere between the various Departments. One would imagine that in this year of all years, the Government could find the report and at least create a roadmap to implement its findings instead of making the very obvious statement of fact that there are...

Seanad: Presidential Voting Rights: Motion (30 Nov 2016)

Mark Daly: We realise there is a requirement for a constitutional change, but the Government does not appear to have the impetus or will to do so. If we are considering extending the voting rights for elections to this House, we should include the presidential election which would be the same constituency. It appears that some legal obstacles can be overcome when it comes to voting rights for citizens...

Seanad: Presidential Voting Rights: Motion (30 Nov 2016)

Mark Daly: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign: Motion (30 Nov 2016)

Mark Daly: I move amendment No. 1:To delete all words after "That Seanad Éireann" and substitute:"calls on the Bank of Ireland to meet immediately with the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign to discuss the closure of their bank accounts with a view to rectifying this situation as a matter of urgency." The actions of the Bank of Ireland, which was saved from extinction by the Irish taxpayer, are...

Seanad: Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign: Motion (30 Nov 2016)

Mark Daly: No. All of the banks around Ireland and Europe are arbitrarily closing accounts that have anything to do with the Middle East. The company in question has nothing to do with the West Bank or the Gaza Strip but it had to move 250,000 customers in six weeks from Ulster Bank to another bank just because the company was partly owned by an organisation in Jordan. The company had to spend an...

Seanad: Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign: Motion (30 Nov 2016)

Mark Daly: Yes. Its purpose would be to bring in the bank. It is not a case of condemning it or predicating the outcome but I suggest that were a motion put before the finance committee to the effect that the bank would be brought in to explain itself and were that voted on and passed by all members, then-----

Seanad: Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign: Motion (30 Nov 2016)

Mark Daly: -----without anyone having a view on it, the bank could be held to account. The bank could refuse to show up – God love it if it did – but I am sure Senator Norris would let it know that not showing up would be detrimental to its public relations. Regardless of the fact that we saved the bank from extinction – for good or ill – no organisation should be beyond...