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Seanad: Paternity Leave and Benefit Bill 2016: Second Stage (15 Jul 2016)

Mark Daly: The Minister of State has outlined the Bill, its benefits, the fact we are behind our European colleagues with regard to parental leave and the importance and benefits of parental leave for wider society. Traditionally, the role was that the woman would look after the child and the father's responsibilities were fairly limited. This is a great opportunity to allow for this to expand and, in...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jul 2016)

Mark Daly: I ask the Leader to invite the Minister for Education and Skills to the House to discuss the report by the Irish League of Credit Unions which shows a shocking rise in back-to-school costs as a result of cuts in the back-to-school allowance in 2011 and 2012. Since then, the cost of going back to school has increased by almost €300 for primary school children and by almost €500...

Seanad: Corporate Manslaughter (No. 2) Bill 2016: First Stage (13 Jul 2016)

Mark Daly: I second the proposal.

Seanad: Seanad Bill 2016: Second Stage (13 Jul 2016)

Mark Daly: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I note that he has never had to fight a Seanad election. I hope he never has to. Fianna Fáil welcomes the Bill. We were the only party to fight for the retention of Seanad Éireann. We did so on the basis that it would be reformed. That is why we welcome this Bill. We will be tabling amendments on Committee Stage. We have a number...

Seanad: Seanad Bill 2016: Second Stage (13 Jul 2016)

Mark Daly: They did not.

Seanad: Seanad Bill 2016: Second Stage (13 Jul 2016)

Mark Daly: They did not because if one were paying rates on eight houses in Derry, one had eight votes.

Seanad: Seanad Bill 2016: Second Stage (13 Jul 2016)

Mark Daly: That did not make it democratic.

Seanad: Seanad Bill 2016: Second Stage (13 Jul 2016)

Mark Daly: It does not matter whether they were doing it in Dublin or Derry, it was undemocratic. That has changed, but people marched for the right to vote and the establishment and the commentariat in the North thought that was outrageous. The commentariat believe now that the idea of citizens living outside the State or those in the North having a right to vote will bring about the end of...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2016)

Mark Daly: We will table an amendment to the Order of Business with regard to the reports in TheSunday Business Post about accident and emergency departments. An interesting fact has emerged to the effect that, following over 20 years of reports and consultants being asked to consider issues on behalf of different Ministries in the UK, no report disagreed with the British Government's position.It is an...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2016)

Mark Daly: All right. I will let my colleagues move the amendment in relation to the national anthem. I am proposing an amendment to the Order of Business to have the Minister for Health come to the House to discuss the report of the steering group regarding the closure of nine emergency departments.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2016)

Mark Daly: We can suspend the House so the Leader can get clarification on when the Minister could come before the House.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2016)

Mark Daly: The steering group was set up by the former Minister, Deputy Varadkar-----

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2016)

Mark Daly: We are not having the debate. We have had no clarification. The recess is approaching so when will the Minister have the report? If we suspend the House for ten minutes, we could get clarification on whether he will be in before the summer. The problem is that there are accident and emergency departments crying out for staff and there is no chance-----

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2016)

Mark Daly: Will the Leader come to the House tomorrow morning with clarification on when the Minister expects the House to have the report?

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2016)

Mark Daly: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2016)

Mark Daly: That is all right. We will withdraw the amendment.

Seanad: Ibrahim Halawa Case: Statements (30 Jun 2016)

Mark Daly: I welcome the Minister. This is a tragic case. As we all know, Amnesty International has declared Ibrahim Halawa a prisoner of conscience. He is the only Irish citizen resting in a foreign jail who has been declared a prisoner of conscience by that organisation. It means that he is innocent of all charges. On 21 April last year the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade stated there had...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jun 2016)

Mark Daly: I ask the Leader to organise a debate today or, at the latest, tomorrow, on the case of Ibrahim Halawa, whose trial has been postponed yet again until October. The Government has not been doing enough on this case. Some 494 people face a mass trial with Ibrahim Halawa. Two were released today and three have died in custody. The questions all of the Government should ask are: why were the...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jun 2016)

Mark Daly: He had faced trial. The trial was quashed, the verdict was overturned and he faced trial again. He was in the exact same legal position as Ibrahim Halawa. Australia's Prime Minister intervened directly with President el-Sisi and secured the release of its citizen awaiting trial. Yet we will be told that soft diplomacy works. Our citizen is in jail and has gone through 13 trials, none of...

Seanad: United Kingdom Referendum on European Union Membership: Statements (28 Jun 2016)

Mark Daly: I will share the time.