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Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2014)

Mark Daly: I thank the Leader.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2014)

Mark Daly: The Senator is trying to provoke me. I can see it.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2014)

Mark Daly: I commented on her inability to see anything that was going on.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2014)

Mark Daly: There must be an election in the air because three Departments have each made a major announcement in the past three days.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2014)

Mark Daly: It is being sorted out all right.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2014)

Mark Daly: The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Alan Kelly, stated last week that he intended to leave a legacy. While there is no doubt that he will be remembered, unfortunately, it will be for all the wrong reasons. A new Garda Commissioner was appointed two days ago. Despite being an insider, we have been promised that she will sweep the Garda clean. Somehow or...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2014)

Mark Daly: These issues were raised at the Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality with the Commissioner present.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2014)

Mark Daly: She would be most welcome if she were to come to the House to defend herself.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2014)

Mark Daly: As I stated, the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Alan Kelly, wishes to leave a legacy, but he will make his mark for all the wrong reasons. The housing plan announced yesterday was a reannouncement of previous plans. It is, to a large degree, a work of fiction. The Health Service Executive's service plan which will be published today will also largely...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2014)

Mark Daly: There are no service plans.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2014)

Mark Daly: I ask the Leader to organise a debate on the HSE service plan. I will not push it to a vote on the Order of Business today because the plan has only been published but we should have a debate on the service plan next week to see how real it is. I know a debate is scheduled for today on the situation in Ukraine and the Middle East. I ask the Leader to invite the Minister of State, Deputy...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2014)

Mark Daly: Yes. I move that No. 8 on the Order Paper be taken today.

Seanad: Availability of Certain Medication: Statements (26 Nov 2014)

Mark Daly: I welcome the Minister and thank my colleague, Senator Darragh O'Brien, for campaigning on this issue in recent months. We have the expertise of Senator John Crown who has said no drug works in all circumstances. We have all received testimony on individual cases. The drug, fampridine, was approved on 23 July and patients were able to access it under the general medical card scheme....

Seanad: Water Sector Reforms: Statements (25 Nov 2014)

Mark Daly: I remind my colleagues in the Labour Party that its manifesto stated there would be no water charges.

Seanad: Water Sector Reforms: Statements (25 Nov 2014)

Mark Daly: That promise was made in the Labour Party's election manifesto, with promises on education fees and other issues that were not kept. It is one thing to break a promise, but it is another to do so and cost taxpayers billions in the process. People are angry because of the waste involved. Money has been paid to consultants who have not been monitored. There were significant costs involved...

Seanad: Water Sector Reforms: Statements (25 Nov 2014)

Mark Daly: People are opposed to Irish Water because of the waste and the costs. From the outset, consultants advised against establishing Irish Water in the way that the Government has chosen. When the former Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Phil Hogan, came to the House or attended meetings with his own party members, he showed contempt for questions. We now see the...

Seanad: Commemoration Planning: Statements (13 Nov 2014)

Mark Daly: Speak for yourself.

Seanad: Commemoration Planning: Statements (13 Nov 2014)

Mark Daly: I welcome the Minister to the House. I thank her for organising last night's excellent event in the GPO and her work so far on this important initiative, which includes the decade of commemorations and the celebration of 1916. Over the next number of months and years, people will ask what it is we are celebrating about 1916. We are celebrating the lives of the ordinary, but extraordinary,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Update on Foreign Affairs and Trade Issues: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (11 Nov 2014)

Mark Daly: They are not binding but the package is disturbing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Update on Foreign Affairs and Trade Issues: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (11 Nov 2014)

Mark Daly: I welcome the Minister to the committee. I will follow on from what Deputy Byrne said about Colombia. We have a Euro-Med trade agreement with Israel which contains a human rights clause. It is entirely unenforceable, however, and does not have any trigger mechanism or review process. It simply does not work. We know that because following the last six attacks in Gaza there has been no...