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Seanad: National Anthem (Protection of Copyright and Related Rights) (Amendment) Bill 2016: First Stage (27 Jan 2016)

Mark Daly: Tomorrow.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jan 2016)

Mark Daly: The Minister for Health has dismissed a report which rates emergency care waiting times in Ireland as the worst in Europe. Ireland ranks alongside Macedonia, Croatia and Slovenia in the provision of emergency services. However, as Senator John Crown pointed out last week, when one is closing an entire surgery department to accommodate and cater for patients in the emergency department, one...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jan 2016)

Mark Daly: I seek an amendment to the Order of Business so that the Minister for Education and Skills can come to the House to discuss the treatment of the victims of child sexual abuse.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jan 2016)

Mark Daly: Has the promotion come through? Congratulations.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jan 2016)

Mark Daly: Yes.

Seanad: Local Government Review: Statements (26 Jan 2016)

Mark Daly: I thank the Minister of State for coming into the House to debate this issue. I thank also Senator Walsh who is possibly retiring at the next election and who did much work regarding local government. Senator Walsh was one of the first to propose a representational payment for councillors and the then Minister for the Environment and Local Government, Noel Dempsey took that on board....

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jan 2016)

Mark Daly: Political reform? Absolutely. Rural Ireland has been abandoned by the Government. Some 20 general practitioner, GP, posts have remained vacant for more than three years. According to the Irish Medical Organisation, IMO, 20% of GP posts will be vacant within five years. The Government has no plan to fill those posts. The epitome of the Government's abandonment of rural Ireland can be...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jan 2016)

Mark Daly: I hope that he will discuss the Bill, which is only one page long, with the Government Whips over the next few days. A great deal of legislation is being passed by this House without debate. We now have an opportunity in the dying days of this Government to protect the national anthem, which I believe would be befitting of the memory of the men and women of 1916.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jan 2016)

Mark Daly: He will be back.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jan 2016)

Mark Daly: Are they going to sign a pledge on that one?

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jan 2016)

Mark Daly: Is Ruairí Quinn going to sign that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: COP21: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jan 2016)

Mark Daly: I thank the witnesses for their presentation. The key issue is fossil fuel, a topic on which the leader of the Green Party, Eamon Ryan, and others have spoken, and the fact that 80% of the oil that we know exists in the world today must remain in the ground. What I have not seen from all the commitments that have been made is the commitment from the oil industry to allow that. Ultimately...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jan 2016)

Mark Daly: All too often the system fails people and it often fails the most vulnerable and those who cannot speak up for themselves. When the system fails the citizens, it is the responsibility of the State to acknowledge that it has failed, give assistance and right the wrong that has been perpetrated. In the case of Louise O'Keeffe, the State failed the citizen. It failed to protect her when she...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jan 2016)

Mark Daly: The amendment to the Order of Business asks the Minister for Education and Skills to come to the House to discuss the Louise O'Keeffe case, the Government's treatment of the European Court's ruling and its narrow interpretation of it.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jan 2016)

Mark Daly: I thank the Leader for his comprehensive reply on the actions thus far but in light of Ms O'Keeffe's concern in regard to how other victims are being treated, I propose to press the amendment.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2015)

Mark Daly: To add to Senator Mooney's comments, the Soviet Union was the first country to recognise the Irish Republic in 1919 and no less a man than Leon Trotsky was its foreign Minister at the time. I second the amendment regarding the taking of No. 15, the non-Government motion on cystic fibrosis. I will read out a note I received from a person who suffers from cystic fibrosis. He writes:I suffer...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2015)

Mark Daly: Yes, I am calling for a debate. The note continues:The Health Minister, Leo Varadkar, has stated if it gets to the point where this drug gets through the process and gets approved by the NCPE and the National Drug Committee I will go to Government and seek money for it. I hold the opinion that Mr. Varadkar is very much aware that Orkambi will fail the NCPE-----

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2015)

Mark Daly: He continues:We are tired of putting our lives on hold. I spend three hours per day taking treatment to alleviate the symptoms of cystic fibrosis.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2015)

Mark Daly: The note continues:This isn't even a guarantee of prolonged good health because my efforts will be in vain. I will still end up battling consistent chest infections, enduring long hospitalisation stays, which will lead to my eventual death sooner rather than later.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2015)

Mark Daly: He continues:I can't even hold down a job because of regular illness. I simply ask that I and my fellow CF sufferers be given a chance to lead a normal life without constant interruption and fear of the road ahead.